Everyone “Shut Up” And Get Out Of Rick Sanchez’s Way

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by Steve Krakauer | 3:52 pm, August 23rd, 2010

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CNN’s Rick Sanchez has a new slogan, that he revealed on Twitter: “Shut up and watch TV!”

In a TwitVid today, you see his process for preparing to report on the Philippines hostage story. It’s very intense.

Sanchez has been using Twitter to post some behind-the-scenes videos of the newsroom in action. His tweet today previewed the opening segment: “*VIDEO* Behind/Scenes Mon. at CNN. Sanchez & crew prepare the Philippine hostage story. Shut up and watch TV!”

The hostage bus story had great video. Sanchez’ advice for the media: “Don’t get in its way.”

How do we set the hook well enough to make Americans, our viewers, care? Sometimes the best part of a good story is just letting the story be a good story. And my hunch is that’s the way we have to play this today…Sometimes we have a tendency to get in the way of a good story by over-telling it. And sometimes what you need to do is really get out of the way and let the viewer experience the story.

Here’s the TwitVid, and below, how Sanchez opened the show with the story:

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JimBob

Sorry ! I tried. The man is just not watchable.
He is dumber than a rock.
Big Eddie

Glenn Beck es correcto , Ricardo .
Azarkhan

I’m glad my life won’t ever depend on the Phillipine police getting to me in time.
Puter Boi

“Everyone “Shut Up” And Get Out Of Rick Sanchez’s Way”

Now if Rick Sanchez had yelled that a few years ago…Jeffrey Smuzinick might be alive today and able to read this very site.
errxn

Yeah, this is a “Twit vid”, all right.
Moderate

Sanchez, get out of the way.
alamo2

Actually, everyone should read a good newspaper for in-depth news, instead of the garbage spewed out by so-called analylists on the left and the right. The more Olbermann, Limbaugh and Beck yell their hateful garbage, the worse the politics of this country become.
NORBIT

The latest Rasmussen poll shows 85% nationwide, following the mosque controversy. The Republicans must keep this issue front-and-center until Congress returns, and then DEMAND Democrats publicly state their position on the mosque!

Who is a Republican capable of doing this?
Are there any suggestions?
JimBob

Don’t need too.
The Democrats are going to start coming out against the location of this Mosque one by one as Nov 2 draws closer, ala Dopey Harry Reid. Each one will say they have the right to build the Mosque which they do, but will add how insensitive it is to the memories of the 9-11 victims and their families, which it is.
Each Dem. coming out, will give legs to the controversity, This is not going going away for sometime.
Let nature take it’s course, Republicans. it’s coming back your way! And with continued help from the MSM abd some of these left wing nutjob commentators you are not going to have to work that hard for it
alamo2

alamo2 said:
Actually, everyone should read a good newspaper for in-depth news, instead of the garbage spewed out by so-called analylists on the left and the right. The more Olbermann, Limbaugh and Beck yell their hateful garbage, the worse the politics of this country become.

Given that I have a bunch of thumbs down convinces me that most people on this site have no interest in reading.
Firstrate

Please dump Sanchez. Bring Campbell back. Mostly, please dump Sanchez.
NORBIT

alamo2 said:
Given that I have a bunch of thumbs down convinces me that most people on this site have no interest in reading.

No, it’s because you OBVIOUSLY don’t listen to Limbaugh or Beck on any regular basis, because neither uses “hateful garbage” on their shows!

In fact, people that DO listen to them are the most highly-educated audiences of any political news programs, and most find both to be very cogent and reasoned in the positions they take.

I would agree that Olbermann is more of a cad – dishonest, misrepresentative of the facts, and vitriolic in his facetime – but you can’t lump him in with the other two – and I think the Audience Numbers bear that out!!
NORBIT

Firstrate said:
Please dump Sanchez. Bring Campbell back. Mostly, please dump Sanchez.

Love the “Mostly, please dump Sanchez.”
LOL!!!
CAconservative

Rick Sanchez, and Rachel Maddow, ” bevis, and butt-head “?
http://none pyrope

but which one is butthead?