Maybe they will fire him like HLN fired Glenn Beck. Then FOX can hire him and he will have a show on a network people actually watch so he can get some advertisers and make some money.
Maybe it is a ploy on Dobss part to get out of a contract. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:02 AM, kirkz2006 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6943214&rss=rss-wpvi-article-6943214 > > Lou Dobbs challenges his own network > > NEW YORK (AP) - August 1, 2009 -- He's become a publicity nightmare for > CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the > network's "no bias" brand. And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping. > > How does Lou Dobbs keep his job? > > It's not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite > calls for his head from critics of his reporting on "birthers" - those who > believe President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States despite > convincing evidence to the contrary. The "birthers" believe Obama was born > in Kenya, and thus not eligible to be president. > > Dobbs' work has been so unpopular that even Ann Coulter has criticized him. > > Dobbs has acknowledged that he believes Obama was born in Hawaii. But he > gives airtime to disbelievers, and has said the president should try to put > questions fully to rest by releasing a long version of his birth > certificate. He's twice done stories on his show after the public leak of a > memo from CNN U.S. President Jon Klein saying that "it seems this story is > dead." > > Klein said those stories were OK because they were about the controversy > and weren't actually questioning the facts. But critics suggest Klein is > parsing words, that even raising the issue lends it credence. > > Joked The Washington Post's Lisa de Moraes: it "explains their upcoming > documentary: `The World: Flat. We Report - You Decide."' > > Dobbs hasn't made it any easier by using his radio show to fight back at > critics, who he called "limp-minded, lily-livered lefty lemmings." He > considered going on CNN tormentor Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show to thank him > (O'Reilly says the birthers are wrong, but he defended Dobbs' right to talk > about it). > > "He's embarrassed himself and he's embarrassed CNN," said Brooks Jackson, a > former CNN correspondent. "And that's not a good thing for any network that > wants to be seen as a reputable, nonpartisan news organization." > > So who needs the headache? > > Klein said Dobbs does a smart newscast that explores issues that get little > in-depth attention elsewhere, such as trade with China, health care funding > and the stimulus plan. He suggested Dobbs' CNN work is unfairly lumped in > with his unrelated radio show, and that he's judged on the show he did a > couple of years ago, when Dobbs became a political target for his > campaigning against illegal immigration. > > The two men sat down after last year's election to make changes, aware that > the anti-immigrant Dobbs' image ran counter to the brand CNN was trying to > create. CNN calls itself the network of unbiased reporting compared to > conservative commentators on Fox and liberal ones at MSNBC. > > Since then, Dobbs has been doing a relatively straight newscast, Klein > said. > > "He brings more than three decades of experience reporting and broadcasting > the news," Klein said, "and that's very valuable to a news network." > > Through a spokeswoman, Dobbs said he would not comment for this story. But > he is a CNN original. Except for a two-year break a decade ago, he's been > with CNN virtually from the network's beginning. 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