CNN’s Howard Kurtz Criticizes CNN’s Lou Dobbs For Giving Airtime To ‘Birther’ Conspiracies

[CatWoman]

Last week, ThinkProgress noted that CNN’s Lou Dobbs is one of the most high-profile “birthers” in America, continuing to demand that Obama present a “long form” birth certificate to prove his citizenship. Dobbs’ focus on the story has been so bad that CNN President Jon Klein eventually sent an e-mail to staffers of “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” declaring that the “birther” story is “dead,” though he later backed down a bit. Dobbs has responded to his critics by calling them “limp-minded, lily-livered lefties” who don’t like that he had “the temerity to inquire as to where the birth certificate was.”

On his Reliable Sources show today, CNN’s Howard Kurtz criticized Dobbs and others in the media who have given airtime to the “fringe of the fringe” that is the “birther” crowd. “These are ludicrous claims, there is no factual basis for them,” said Kurtz. “Why give the birthers any airtime?” He then specifically criticized Dobbs for not acting “responsible”:

KURTZ: Callie Crossley, Lou Dobbs on his radio show said, “I believe the president is a citizen of the United States.” But he keeps raising these questions, complaining about criticism from “limp-minded, lily-livered lefties.” Is it responsible for Dobbs and others to go on the air, talk about these claims, demand proof, when we have seen a copy of the birth certificate? When Hawaii officials say that Barack Obama was born there in 1961?

CROSSLEY: It absolutely is not responsible.

Watch: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/26/kurtz-dobbs-birther/

[Ocracoker16]

1. Thank you Howard Kurtz

[Cha]

4. Never thought I'd

be saying, too!

[rvablue]

2. Finally. Guess he caught wind of all of the criticism he was getting for staying silent on this. n/

[Cha]

3. "Limp-minded..Liver lilled lefties"?

Fuck dobbs and the white sheet he rode in on.

[UTUSN]

5. K&R #5, n/t

[ErinBerin84]

6. good

Though I agree with media matters that it's a bit of a cop out to Kurtz to JUST go after Dobbs, while the president of CNN flip flopped on the issue this week and said that people who criticize Dobbs for this are just doing so for partisan reasons. I guess you can't bite the hand that feeds you.

[City Lights]

7. Holy sheet!

Knock me over with a feather. :wow:

Recommended.

:thumbsup: Howie. I didn't think you had it in you!

[C_U_L8R]

8. Why is Lou channelling Yosemite Sam

with all that rootin' tootin' lily-livered crapola?

Lou... you are already a cartoon, you sure don't need to prove it to anyone.
Now go back in your cave before a network president drops an Acme cement mixer on you and your show.