Posted on 11/11/2009 5:00:03 PM PST by FrontPageMag.com
Now Lou Dobbs really is Mr. Independent.
The last of CNN's original news anchors just announced he is leaving the network he joined in 1980, and this evening's episode of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" will be its final broadcast. Dobbs revealed his motives in a straight-forward statement at the program's opening:
Over the past six months, it's become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us. And some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving.
He said chief among his concerns would be illegal immigration, America's foreign policy, and defending “our now weakened capitalist economy.” The former host of Moneyline added that he sought contractual release to address these issues "in the most honest and direct language possible," an opaque admission of what everyone already knew: Dobbs's views are increasingly out-of-step with CNN's dominant bias.
Translated into plain English, his statement says:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
“Dobbs was the only reason to ever watch CNN.”
Or, waiting in the hospital emergeny room.
It’s like shep is already working for CNN..I can’t stand him and the rest of those day guys look like his gay lovers..they all look the same!!
Great tagline!!!
Get Rid of Shep Smith at 7 ,you then have Beck at 5 The news at 6 /Dobbs at 7 Oreilly and so on
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