Breaking NYT: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN. Effective immediately! Last show tonight!

[flpoljunkie]

November 11, 2009, 6:21 PM
Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN
By BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said.

A CNN executive confirmed that Mr. Dobbs will announce his resignation plans on his 7 p.m. program. His resignation is effective immediately; tonight’s program will be his last on CNN. His contract was not set to expire until the end of 2011.

Mr. Dobbs informed his staff members of his intentions in a meeting Wednesday afternoon. He did not immediately respond to a telephone call seeking comment.

Well known for his political positions, Mr. Dobbs is an outlier at CNN, which has sought to position itself as a middle ground of sorts in the fractious cable news arena. The CNN employees said Wednesday that they did not know if Mr. Dobbs was moving to another network.

Mr. Dobbs met with Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, in September. At the time Mr. Dobbs was viewed as a potential hire for the Fox Business Network. But a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday, “We have not had any discussions with Lou Dobbs for Fox News or Fox Business.”

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-to-depart-cnn/?hp

[ej510]

1. Off to faux news!

[alsame]

2. He's announcing it now. nt

[flpoljunkie]

3. Lou worries about 'partisanship.' Now that's rich!

[alsame]

6. I almost fell off my chair. He's trying to act like he's above all this

partisanship. :rofl:

[Engineer4Obama]

4. Ding dong the Xenophobe is dead!

Figuratively speaking of course!

[RepublicanElephant]

23. ha! don't let his wife and kids see that one! nt

[CatWoman]

5. don't let the door hit ya

jackass!! :)

[Cha]

7. Wonder who told whom it

was time for him to leave?

[flpoljunkie]

8. CNN's rating are down. Lots of complaints about the xenophobic Dobbs, too.

That said, who knows?

[Cha]

17. I know what you mean..all the signs were there for

a letting go but who knows if tonedeaf cnn would actually do it.

[Thrill]

9. I can't see Fox hiring him.

[flpoljunkie]

10. I can. Hell, they hired Glenn Beck!

[ShadowLiberal]

22. I thought Fox was trying to get him to jump over to their channel?

I swear I've read in the last month or two that Fox was trying to get Dobbs to jump ships and move to Fox.

[FrenchieCat]

11. I'm sure he got paid through the rest of his contract.

CNN viewership has fallen off, and they have been viewed as the enemies of the Hispanic community
for some time....hence, Rick Sanchez's appearance as a regular anchor.

I tuned in for a minute.....but after that minute I remembered why I stopped
watching this program back in 2005.

[high density]

12. Good riddance

He never should have come back to TV to begin with.

[workinclasszero]

13. Another fascist heading for Fox "News" (PUKE)

Don't let the door hit ya on the ass on the way out the door birther boy! :nopity:

[TTUBatfan2008]

29. The way I look at it...

is that they are being purged from the somewhat normal networks. Don't get me wrong, corporate media is still corporate media. You won't ever hear Olbermann or anyone on MSNBC calling out General Electric, their owner, for the war profiteering that GE has engaged in over the years by being one of the biggest weapons manufacturers in the world. At the same time, it's still good to see the right wingers being exiled to Fox. Keep them on one channel, thank you very much.

[TTUBatfan2008]

30. oops, double post...

[rvablue]

14. Love, love, love that they announced this before the show! Great idea for a one night ratings boost!

I know I had to tune in to watch this one say b-bye!! :party: :hi:

[alsame]

15. But he announced it at the start - he should have waited until

the end because I changed the channel immediately after his announcement. :rofl:

[Engineer4Obama]

16. Happy Dance

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:

[Bitwit1234]

18. I think from the way the CNN article read

he is going to run for some kind of political office.

[Clio the Leo]

19. Group "terrorist fist bump" on the ONE thing we can ALL agree on!!!

:fistbump:

Over to Hate News where you belong son!!!!

[MadBadger]

20. Dobbs is Running for Office

His remarks on his show definitely make it seem tat way.

[vaberella]

26. Oh God....more birthers in the Government?! I hope to God, it's not true. n/t

[POAS]

21. He and his wife are going to

sneak across the border to Mexico so Lou can be an illegal alien in Mexico.

[Jennicut]

24. Well, maybe now 7:00 pm won't be a waste of time on CNN for me.

I don't get MSNBC (thanks Comcast) so I am stuck with CNN for news.

[vaberella]

25. I wonder what happened?! Was the scrutiny and the denouncement of his racism too much?! n/t

[Sugarcoated]

27. Cool beans!

He's a steaming load of silly ass.

[Sugarcoated]

28. Cool beans!

He's a steaming load of silly ass.

[Aramchek]

31. sometimes, small prayers are answered...

[mscuedawg]

32. How long before he has a show on Faux??? n/t

[treestar]

33. Replace him with an illegal alien

If there's one person I want to see lose their job to an illegal alien, it's Dobbs!