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Was Lou Dobbs forced off CNN due to political intolerance?
Art November 12, 2009 01:39:30
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Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Remember the left-wing tactic: accuse others of what they are doing.View thread
CNN has become the joke of the cable news networks.
But it does lend itself to my opinion, and also to yours.
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
No, CNN is fair and balanced
Why does Fox News have more viewers than CNN and pMSNBC put together?
I bet now that Lou Dobbs is gone from CNN, their ratings will fall even more.
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
1980 - Dobbs joined CNN
---> A. CHEIF ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT
---> B.HOSTED MONEYLINE ON CNN.
---> C. CORPORATE EXECUTIVE for CNN, as its EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT and as a MEMBER OF CNN's EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
---> D FOUNDED CNN FINANCIAL NEWS serving as its PRESIDENT
---> E.ACHORING the program BUSINESS UNUSUAL which EXAMINED BUSINESS & CREATIVE LEADERSHIP.
1997 -RICK KAPLAN, who became PRESIDENT OF of CNN.
--->Dobbs said KAPLAN ,Friend of President Bill Clinton, was "CLEARLY PARTISAN" and "was PUSHING CLINTON STORIES" while Kaplan said Dobbs was "a very difficult person to work with.
April 20, 1999 - CNN was covering Clinton's speech in Littleton, Colorado,
---> A. Dobbs ordered the producer to cut away from the speech and return to broadcast Moneyline.
---> B. Dobbs was countermanded by Kaplan, who ordered CNN to return to the speech.
---> C. Kaplan said, "Tell me what journalistic reason there was not to cover the president at Columbine soon after the shootings? Everyone else was doing it."
---> D Dobbs announced on the air that "CNN President Rick Kaplan wants us to return to Littleton."
--->E A few days later, DOBBS ANNOUNCED -HE WAS LEAVING THE NETWORK to start Space.com, a website devoted to astronautic...>>>>>>>>
1980 - Dobbs joined CNN
---> A. CHEIF ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT
---> B.HOSTED MONEYLINE ON CNN.
---> C. CORPORATE EXECUTIVE for CNN, as its EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT and as a MEMBER OF CNN's EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
---> D FOUNDED CNN FINANCIAL NEWS serving as its PRESIDENT
---> E.ACHORING the program BUSINESS UNUSUAL which EXAMINED BUSINESS & CREATIVE LEADERSHIP.
1997 -RICK KAPLAN, who became PRESIDENT OF of CNN.
--->Dobbs said KAPLAN ,Friend of President Bill Clinton, was "CLEARLY PARTISAN" and "was PUSHING CLINTON STORIES" while Kaplan said Dobbs was "a very difficult person to work with.
April 20, 1999 - CNN was covering Clinton's speech in Littleton, Colorado,
---> A. Dobbs ordered the producer to cut away from the speech and return to broadcast Moneyline.
---> B. Dobbs was countermanded by Kaplan, who ordered CNN to return to the speech.
---> C. Kaplan said, "Tell me what journalistic reason there was not to cover the president at Columbine soon after the shootings? Everyone else was doing it."
---> D Dobbs announced on the air that "CNN President Rick Kaplan wants us to return to Littleton."
--->E A few days later, DOBBS ANNOUNCED -HE WAS LEAVING THE NETWORK to start Space.com, a website devoted to astronautical news.
--->F Dobbs replaced as host of Moneyline by Willow Bay and Stuart Varney
August 2000 - KAPLAN LEFT CNN in August 2000, and DOBBS RETURNS the following year, at the behest of his friend and CNN FOUNDER TED TURNER,
--->A. HOST & MANAGING EDITOR - general news program Lou Dobbs Reporting, which later became CNN News Sunday Morning.
June 2003 - Lou Dobbs Moneyline (which became Lou Dobbs Tonight)
--->A.HOST -The Lou Dobbs Financial Report
--->B.COLUMIST IN MONEY- MAGAZINE, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT,& NEW YORK TIMES DAILY NEWS.
On November 11, 2009, Lou announced, on the air, that HE WOULD BE LEAVING the NETWORK HE HELPED CREATE, , CNN.
--->A LEAVING CNN -EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
--->B Dobbs leaves the network to PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS, saying that he is considering "a NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES AND DIRECTIONS"
--->C.DOBBS LEAVES CNN with about 30 YEARS OF SERVICE to the network
--->D MANY SPECULATE DOBBS MAY PURSUE A POLITICAL CAREER
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EARLY CAREER - known as a FISCAL CONSERVATIVE as time passed he became increasingly SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE.
CRITICAL of "EXCESSIVES OF CAPITALISM defines as "GLOBALIZAION, OFFSHORE
OUTSOURCING, RUNAWAY FILM PRODUCTION (the outsourcing of Hollywood jobs), ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, FREE TRADE DEALS, CORPORATE/BIG BUSINESS INFLUENCED IN GOV'T and the Bush administration's TAX CUTS..
DOBBS describes himself as an ADVOCATE OF ECONOMIC POPULISM, , warning that OUTSOURCING & US TRADE & BUDGET DEFICIT THREATENS the AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS. Dobbs tends to OPPOSE LONG-RUN TRADE DEFICITS & OUTSOURCING for the sake of LABOR ARBITRAGE to obtain CHEAP LABOR.
NOTED -for two positions: AMERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY and and EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY
STRONGLY OPPOSES - ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION as well as VARIOUS LABOR OUTSOURCING PROGRAMS (Such as the H-1B visa program and guest worker programs)
LOU DOBBS TONIGHT - "Exporting America," "Broken Borders," and "War on the Middle Class". The newscast often describes ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION as "INVASION"
2007 - Dobbs - CRITICIZED LOCAL OFFICIALS for their approach to BORDER SECURITY. DOBBS LABELED-New York Go...>>>>>>>>>>
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EARLY CAREER - known as a FISCAL CONSERVATIVE as time passed he became increasingly SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE.
CRITICAL of "EXCESSIVES OF CAPITALISM defines as "GLOBALIZAION, OFFSHORE
OUTSOURCING, RUNAWAY FILM PRODUCTION (the outsourcing of Hollywood jobs), ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, FREE TRADE DEALS, CORPORATE/BIG BUSINESS INFLUENCED IN GOV'T and the Bush administration's TAX CUTS..
DOBBS describes himself as an ADVOCATE OF ECONOMIC POPULISM, , warning that OUTSOURCING & US TRADE & BUDGET DEFICIT THREATENS the AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS. Dobbs tends to OPPOSE LONG-RUN TRADE DEFICITS & OUTSOURCING for the sake of LABOR ARBITRAGE to obtain CHEAP LABOR.
NOTED -for two positions: AMERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY and and EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY
STRONGLY OPPOSES - ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION as well as VARIOUS LABOR OUTSOURCING PROGRAMS (Such as the H-1B visa program and guest worker programs)
LOU DOBBS TONIGHT - "Exporting America," "Broken Borders," and "War on the Middle Class". The newscast often describes ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION as "INVASION"
2007 - Dobbs - CRITICIZED LOCAL OFFICIALS for their approach to BORDER SECURITY. DOBBS LABELED-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer an "IDIOT" for ADVOCATING the issuance of DRIVERS LICENSE to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. HILARY CLINTON - labeled Dobbs' illegal immigration segments as having "ALL THAT HOT AIR"
OCT 5,2009 - a gunshot was fired in the vicinity of Dobbs and his wife as they stood outside their home.
OCT 26, 2009 - Dobbs on his radio program, told his listeners that the INCIDENT was attributed to his STANCE AGAINST AMNESTY for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
Dobbs - NO LONGER openly SUPPORTS ANY PARTY
January 2001 he often has described the Bush administration and the then Republican-controlled Congress as "DISGRACEFUL." He has also argued that BOTH PARTIES CONTROLLED by CORPORATE INTEREST.
Dobbs- PRO CHOICE, OPPOSES GUN CONTROL and, though he is a fiscal conservative, SUPPORTS SOME GOV'T REGULATIONS
Dobbs' STANCE ON TRADE has earned plaudits from some trade union activists on the traditional political left, while his STANCE ON IMMIGRATION tends to appeal to the right Dobbs revealed that he is now "an UNAFFILIATED INDEPENDENT" owing to dissatisfaction with both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Dobbs has been generally SUPPORTIVE OF GAY ISSUES In June 2006, as the U.S. Senate debated the Federal Marriage Amendment, Dobbs was critical of the action. He asserted that traditional marriage was threatened more by financial crises perpetuated by Bush administration economic policy than by gay marriage
In July 2006, Dobbs CRITISIZED U.S. FOREIGN POLICY as being DISPROPORTIONATELY SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL , pointing out the U.S.' rapid recognition of Israel in 1948, foreign aid to Israel, and other policy choices in the past and present
Dobbs - (BOOK) WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS - claims that both DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS are HARMING THE MIDDLE CLASS.
Dobbs has been CRITICAL of the RESCUE PACKAGE - Bush Administration and supported by the Democratic-controlled Congress, which he and others call as a "WALL STREET BAILOUT." Dobbs describes this package as a way for U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to help corporate interests rather than average Americans.
In mid-2009, DOBBS CRITICIZED for giving air time to BARACK OBAMA CITIZENSHIP CONSPIRACY THEORIES - claim Barack OBAMA WAS NOT BORN in the UNITED STATES.
--->His willingness to repeatedly raise the "birther" issue- even though CNN itself considered it a "discredited rumor", led the Washington Post's TV critic to remark that this "explains their upcoming documentary: 'The World: Flat. We Report -- You Decide.'"[
2008 - issue had come up in 2008 during the Presidential campaign
--> LARGELY DISAPPEARED FROM THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT until Dobbs picked up the issue again
---> DOBBS statements in SUPPORT OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS -dubbed "RACIST" and "DEFLAMATORY" by the Southern Poverty Law Center
---> CONTROVERSY led to MEDIA MATTERS airing ADS CRITICAL OF DOBBS and of CNN,
--->JON STEWART MOCKING DOBBS - The Daily Show.
--->THE NEW YORK TIMES - DOBBS "BECOME A PUBLICITY NIGHTMARE FOR CNN, CNN,
--->EMBARRASSED- his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's 'no bias' brand.
---> Dobbs announced that he would broadcast two episodes of Lou Dobbs Tonight from the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" conference in Washington, D.C., organized by the Federation for AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (FAIR), an anti-immigration advocacy group
--->Media Matters - CRITICIZED this move, citing FAIR founder John Tanton's history of making RACIALLY DEROGATORY REMARKS and SUPPORTING WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS.
--> Media Matters president Eric Burns- OPEN LETTER TO CNN vice president Jonathan Klein, asking that the network TAKE ACTION AGAINST DOBBS.
"Mr. Dobbs represents an ONGOING THREAT TO to CNN's CREDIBILITY as a serious news organization, in no small part BECAUSE OF HIS - POLEMICAL COVERAGE OF IMMIGRATION ISSUES and his continued use of his CNN show to lend prominence to groups such as FAIR", wrote Burns. "The attention and legitimacy he gave to the 'birther' movement -- and CNN's condoning of his actions -- did real damage to that credibility. His participation in the upcoming FAIR rally would do further, serious damage. We urge you to finally acknowledge that Mr. Dobbs' actions in this and other contexts are inconsistent with the reputation that CNN strives to maintain."
DOBBS AWARDS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT EMMY AWARD
CABLE ACE AWARD.
GEORGE FOSER PEABODY AWARD -1987 stock market crash
LUMINARY AWARD - Business Journalism Review in 1990
HORATIO ALGER ASSSOCIATION AWARD - Distinguished Americans in 1999
NATIONAL SPACE CLUB MEDIA AWARD - in 2000.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - named Dobbs "TV's Premier Business News Anchorman".
In 2004- EUGENE KATZ AWARD - Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration by the Center for Immigration Studies
2005 - ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE INSTITUTION'S STATESMANSHIP AWARD
1993 - FATHER OF THE YEAR AWARD by the National Father's Day Committee
DOBBS BOOKS
1. 2004- EXPORTING AMERICA - Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas
2. 2005 - SPACE - The Next Business Frontier with HP Newquist
3. MAY 2005- RON HIRA AND ANIL HIRA - with foreword by Lou Dobbs, OUTSOURCING AMERICA - What's behind Our National Crisis and how we can reclaim American Jobs. (AMACOM), American Management Association
4. 2006- WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS - How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back
2007- INDPENDENTS DAY :AWAKENING -The American Spirit
5. 2007 - INDEPENDENTS DAY - Awakening The American Spirit
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN
It also happens to the brain when only one view is given it get boring and in the case of the brain it goes stale.
Yes, anyone outside the left-wing political orthodoxy is not welcomed at CNN