CNN to Lou Dobbs: Don't Let the Door Hit You....

NewsRealBlog.com ^ | November 12, 2009 | Ben Johnson

[FrontPageMag.com]

The left-wing media wouldn't know a class act if he anchored for them for 30 years.

Lou Dobbs's departure from CNN has turned into a cause for celebration -- at CNN. Network president Jonathan Klein dismissively called Lou's program "advocacy journalism" in an otherwise respectful tribute. But Politico.com quotes an anonymous network source:

"I think it's safe to say that he won't be missed among the rank-and-file employees at the network," said a CNN staffer. "The Dobbs show has existed in its own little universe for the last several years, in many ways cut off from the rest of the editorial process at CNN. Most people will be left wondering what this means for the primetime lineup and whether Klein can now deliver on his 'down the middle' mantra."

"Down the middle"? Presumably, Anderson Cooper is now free to slander tea party protesters as perverts, while Wolf Blitzer's team investigates Saturday Night Live skits (wrongly) with no counterpart to the Right. Or the center. CNN viewers will not forget that network allowed (or encouraged?) Susan Roesgen to antagonize tea party protesters on camera, gave Christiane Amanpour six hours to compare Rev. John Hagee to Osama bin Laden, and broadcast Soledad O'Brien asking if President Bush was "slow to respond" to Hurricane Katrina because "pictures of mostly black people were on TV" -- among a litany of other, daily left-wing outrages. The bloom was off CNN's "unbiased" rose long ago. This video illustrates the bias of CNN's reporters when they're not on the air....

[Ole Okie]

So if you’re confident that Dobbs’ CNN contract is not typical, please let us know.

Don't know anything about Dobbs' contract.

But a "non-compete" clause, if it exists, isn't likely to keep him on the sidelines. May cost some network money to buy him out of the contract, but he won't be idle long.

[Hawthorn]

>> Watching CNN International is like watching paint dry, or getting a lobotomy, it’s that bad. <<

Agreed. I was recently in Europe, where I found that the “least anti-American” news channel on the hotel TV’s often was Al-Jezeera’s English-language service!

[Vigilanteman]

I'm just saying he has lots of options.

It would be nice to see lieberal CNN hoisted on their own petard.

[paulycy]

CNN is the new MSNBC.

Welcome to the real world, Lou!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["... said a CNN staffer" "The Dobbs show has existed in its own little universe for the last several years, in many ways cut off from the rest of the editorial process at CNN..."

"Editorial process at CNN", also known as Pravdafication, the kiss of journalistic death, etc..

[caddie]

Lou Dobbs is a good person, loves America, hates to see it given away to ingrates and subversives.

He will do really well and I hope he writes a book about how a$$holish the people are at CNN... I bet he could write an interesting expose.

Now, the bigger issue... How can we get CNN out of the airports? It really bums me out to have to see and or listen to their Communist propaganda when I am travelling. And that is ALL THEY EVER HAVE ON, ANYWHERE... ANY AIRPORT IN THE US.

[caddie]

Lou Dobbs is a good person, loves America, hates to see it given away to ingrates and subversives.

He will do really well and I hope he writes a book about how a$$holish the people are at CNN... I bet he could write an interesting expose.

Now, the bigger issue... How can we get CNN out of the airports? It really bums me out to have to see and or listen to their Communist propaganda when I am travelling. And that is ALL THEY EVER HAVE ON, ANYWHERE... ANY AIRPORT IN THE US.