Where would FOX put him. I read that Greta's contract is coming up and she wants to do something else. They need to move GB to prime time anyway.
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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