So Rick Sanchez made a fool of himself on CNN, trying to make it seem to gullible viewers that George W. Bush was being snubbed by world leaders at the recent economic summit in Washington. And The Huffington Post, being gullible, fell for it. Sanchez and HuffPo were so desperate to make Bush look bad that they ignored the basics of fact-checking and common sense.
Interestingly, the very first comment from a reader on HuffPo--obviously not a fan of Bush's, but fair-minded nonetheless--caught Sanchez' error:
This has been pretty much de-bunked by now. I saw on CNN that before entering this particular room, each of the participants was individually greeted (complete with handshake) by Bush, photo op included. THEN they entered the room for the scene shown in this video - and it was the first opportunity to great EACH OTHER.
I'm not even 1% a Bush fan, and I'm as eager as the next person to let my feelings about him be known, but this situation is just a case of "it's not what it appears to be".
And yet interestingly, CNN itself had to come along, in the form of Jeanne Moos, and thoroughly debunk Sanchez's stupid story.
So now the question: Why is Sanchez still on the air? Maybe CNN figures that mistakes made in a "good cause"--bashing Bush--are always forgivable.
