SNL‘s Weekend Update Goes Easy On Rick Sanchez

Saturday Night Live was surprisingly easy on the newly unemployed Rick Sanchez on its “Weekend Update” segment tonight. The show, which has famously mocked Good Morning America for being inane and New York governor David Patterson for being blind, was merciful to Sanchez—despite his anti-semitic comments.

“Weekend Update” host Seth Meyers only got as scathing as this:

CNN fired newsman Rick Sanchez Friday, one day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot and suggested that CNN is controlled by Jews. In the end, Sanchez was done in by his Achilles’ Heel: his mouth.

Really, Seth? That’s all? Well, guess that’ll do. Watch his relatively light skewering of Sanchez for yourself:

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