CNN Finally Fires Lou Dobbs

[florida08]

Source: Bill Press Show

Tribune Media Services

It took him a long time, but CNN President Jon Klein finally got around to doing what he should have done a long time ago. In order to maintain the professed trademark of his network for objectivity in broadcasting, he realized he had no choice but to fire Lou Dobbs.

Of course, cautious as he is, Klein did not fire the anti-immigration crusader directly, or even alone. He threw Dobbs overboard as part of a vendetta against radio talk show hosts in general.

As first reported on the Website TVNewser.com, in a conference call on Aug. 11, Klein told his producers they should no longer book radio talk show hosts on CNN shows: not on “The Situation Room,” nor Larry King, Anderson Cooper, or Campbell Brown. From now on, said his edict, no radio talkers will appear on CNN. Period.

Why? Because, argued Klein, radio talk show hosts are incapable of understanding or commenting on the important issues of the day. “Complex issues require world-class reporting,” sniffed Klein. Not only that, TVNewser.com quotes Klein as complaining that radio hosts too often do nothing more than “contribute to the noise,” and their comments are “all too predictable.”


Read more: http://www.billpressshow.com/2009/08/14/cnn-finally-fires-lou-dobbs/

[CreekDog]

1. Ummm, no, not quite

did you read your own post?

[billyoc]

5. Oh, I see now.

[kirby]

7. Not confirmed...

The article just talks about CNN changing their policy a few days ago about having radio hosts as guests.

Go to the TVNewser site the article mentions. Not one word about this.

There was only one news organization who reported this, but they pulled the story.

[billyoc]

14. Yes, I saw that Hartford Courant article was pulled.

It sure would be nice to see him get fired, though.

[DrDan]

10. you are missing that he is not fired

[CreekDog]

13. um no, i'm the one who pointed out that he was not fired

:think:

[DrDan]

23. I was responding to the "what am I missing" post

where did it go?

[kirby]

2. STILL RUMOR n/t

[BirminghamExaminer]

6. I hope they do fire him and it sounds as if they are paving the way to do so

but let's face it, if he is bringing in any ratings, they'll keep him. He's an ass and if they do fire him, he'll just end up on ClusterFox anyway and there he'll be worse, like Glenn Beck was horrible on CNN but a whole lot more horrible on Fox.

[Warpy]

12. His ratings have dropped like a rock with the birther nonsense

Apparently his fans were more comfortable when he was blaming all the ills of the world on Mexicans.

He's also losing sponsors, and that, not his lunatic ravings, is the greatest sin any ranter can commit.

[Mrs. Overall]

3. Doesn't sound like he is fired.

[beachmom]

4. Not true. I don't think this should be in LBN. This is snark.

Last paragraph:

We now know Lou Dobbs will be fired because we know Jon Klein is a man of his word. After all, he’s the president of CNN, “the most trusted name in news.” Surely, Klein would never ban all radio talk show hosts from CNN and leave talk show host Lou Dobbs on the air. Would he?

[eomer]

8. Bill Press meant it sarcastically.

He's making the point that if Klein followed through literally on his edict to not have talk show hosts on CNN then he would have to fire Dobbs.

[CreekDog]

15. i wonder if the OP knew that (before posting in LBN)?

wonder if they read the article at all.

[backscatter712]

29. Ah yes, the radio-host ban on CNN.

IIRC, it was really because Ron Reagan pwned ass on CNN in response to a question on Sarah's quote on "death panels", by saying that Sarah needs to put on a clown nose and exploding shoes.

Totally kicked ass, therefore, it couldn't be allowed on the Conservative News Network...

[awoke_in_2003]

30. That is one Reagan...

that actually makes sense

[rcrush]

9. So no one fired Lou Dobbs?Thanks for your late breaking news!

[Wizard777]

11. As a former Lou Dobbs viewer I have to say, YEAAAAAAAA!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Except that it didn't happen. The OP is mistaken.

[lame54]

16. You forgot the sarcasm tag

[spanone]

18. yea, that liberal cnn will probably give that program to bill bennett

[onestepforward]

19. I hope it is true. Regardless, I'm through with CNN.

I truly believe that they have become Faux Light.

[JerseygirlCT]

20. They contribute to the noise because the noise is what pays

their salaries.

But it is a pretty broad-brush approach. There have to be some out there who DO world-class reporting...

[derby378]

21. Klein had his epipany a little too late to do any good

Still, it's good that Dobbs got what was coming to him. Who's next - Beck, Hannity, or O'Reilly?

[Cleita]

22. Stephanie Miller was quite pissed this morning, however, if she's reading this

I can tell her that when CNN fired her and then Bill Press I stopped watching it, that long ago. I couldn't care less what they do anymore. They will never be able to bring it back to the network Ted Turner had that I once watched 24/7.

btw Didn't Larry King come from radio? Don't they have to fire him too?

[Garbo 2004]

24. CNN hasn't fired Dobbs. Press' article is satire, not reportage. nt

[florida08]

25. sorry everyone

my sis saw this on twitter and thought it was real. My fault for leaving my screen up to DU. She didn't mean any harm. My apologies.

[greguganus]

26. I haven't heard the "my sister did it" in a long time. n/t

[florida08]

27. lol

I know..don't believe it myself..she's down from Kansas. Have a good weekend..we're going out now

[awoke_in_2003]

31. well...

the dog only eats homework :)

[TexasObserver]

28. And the cry goes out - "man overboard ... but don't throw him a line!"