Lou Dobbs

The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN for Cartoon Network

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.31.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Mr. Dobbs will be joining a schedule that includes such programs as Tom and Jerry and What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Is Dobbs Lying Again?

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver


Mario Solis-Marich

Law enforcement believes that the shots were from straying area hunters and claim that shots are fired in the area during hunting season very, very often.

NJ Law Enforcement Appear to Contradict Dobbs' Version of Gunfire Incident

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


Isabel Macdonald

New Jersey state police appear to be contradicting CNN Host Lou Dobbs' account of a gunfire incident near his Sussex County, New Jersey, house.

The New York Times and Bloomberg Act as Stenographers for MSNBC on Anti-CNN Coverage

Charles Warner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media


Charles Warner

Neither of two news stories made the connection between CNN's rating declines and the drastic change in its position on Time Warner Cable in New York, where 10 percent of America's televisions are.

Present at the Cremation: The Long, Slow Death of the GOP?

Rob Diamond | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Rob Diamond

We are witnessing today an unmistakable emergence of deep fissures within the Republican Party. It begs the question, are we watching the beginning of the end -- the long, slow death of the GOP?

Lou Dobbs: Gunshots Fired At Me, My Wife, My House

AP | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


WANTAGE, N.J. — (Associated Press) Police in New Jersey are trying to determine who fired a bullet that struck CNN commentator Lou Dobbs' home a...

Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media


For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

Jason Linkins

Geraldo Rivera Slams Lou Dobbs In Speech, Says Dobbs Won't Be Coming To Fox

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media


Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera spoke at a luncheon sponsored by El Diario La Prensa NY yesterday, during which he unleashed a devastating critique o...

Can You Really Get the "News" From Watching TV?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media


John W. Whitehead

Truth is often lost when we fail to distinguish between opinion and fact, and that is the danger we now face as a society.

Lou Dobbs: John Stossel A "Self-Important Ass" (AUDIO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Media


If Lou Dobbs really is heading to Fox Business, he isn't looking to make any friends there. On his radio show Thursday, Dobbs slammed Fox Business' l...

BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


Roberto Lovato

As we made our case today at CNN's headquarters for Lou Dobbs to be fired, the producers of Dobbs' show emailed me with an invitation to appear on tonight's show. Here's my response.

Lou Dobbs Describes Meatless Mondays In Schools As "A Political Storm In The Making"

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


On Monday night, Lou Dobbs did a segment on how "Meatless Monday" is being adopted by the Baltimore city school district in an effort to cut costs and...

Ted Turner Would Fire Lou Dobbs

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Linda Milazzo

If Jonathan Klein were as responsible an executive as Ted Turner, and as conscientious a citizen as Ted Turner, he would be as concerned as Ted Turner about the danger of Lou Dobbs.

Jeff Muskus

CNN Scuttles Anti-Dobbs Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


With Additional Reporting By Sam Stein CNN is declining to carry a national advertisement, purchased by two progressive groups, which attacks its hos...

Ailes, Dobbs

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


Jeff Danziger

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VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. 'Latino in America'

Arturo Perez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


Arturo Perez

I decided to start writing to Dobbs, pointing out his many errors, and the danger his words could cause. I don't know how many emails I wrote, but needless to say, he never wrote me back.

Is Dr. Fox-enstein - Roger Ailes - Building Another Monster?

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

For months now, Roger Ailes has been putting the finishing touches on his first monster, Fox News Channel, just as its bride, Fox Business Network, is showing signs of life.

CNN, You Can't Have It Both Ways: It's Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media


Roberto Lovato

A few hours of serious reporting on Latinos by sunny Soledad O'Brien can't make up for thousands of hours of anti-Latino extremism from the dark Lou Dobbs.

Guilt by Association: The Southern Poverty Law Center Hurls a Punch

Carol M. Swain | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


Carol M. Swain

A few days ago, I received a notice from a friend informing me that the Southern Poverty Law Center had included me in this week's HateWatch. I linke...

Fox Business Eying Lou Dobbs

Posted 10.12.2009 | Media


Fox Business Network is eying CNN host Lou Dobbs, the New York Times' Brian Stelter reports. Stelter merely mentions the news midway through his arti...

CNN's Lou Dobbs to Black People: "I don't want your excuses ... quit whining."

Adam Luna | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home


Adam Luna

I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, “Latino in America” last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the build...

Think Again: Kevin Jennings, the Mainstream Media, and Right-Wing Target Practice

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


Eric Alterman

The right's most recent target for political assassination is Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, who is openly gay.

Thug Politics in America

Karen Finney | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Karen Finney

Having seen this movie before as a staffer in the Clinton Administration, it is painful to again watch the right-wing machinery crank into overdrive; and the rhetoric spin up on all sides.

CNN's Dobbs: Creating a Hostile Image of Hispanics

Adam Luna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media


Adam Luna

Ninety percent of Latino leaders believe that Lou Dobbs is having a hostile impact on Hispanics. We know Dobbs doesn't care about this, but does his network?