Tag: CNN
Posted on Wed Nov 11, 2009 at 07:58:56 PM EST
Tags: CNN, Lou Dobbs (all tags)
Here is the text of Lou Dobb's statement that he is leaving CNN.
Shorter version: He wants to be a pundit, not a journalist. He says he wants to
....engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day. And to continue to do so in the most honest and direct language possible.
More here. His replacement will be named tomorrow. Speculation on who it will or should be?
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CNN took over Brooklyn's Bar and Grill outside the Pepsi Center this week. After hiking over viaducts from downtown to get to the Pepsi Center, waiting in 15 minute security lines in 90 degree heat, it's an oasis. [More...]
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Timothy Rutten at the LA Times skewers CNN over the questions asked of the Republican candidates at the You Tube debate, calling it a masquerade and suggesting the focus on immigration was done to boost Lou Dobbs' ratings.
When CNN brought the Republican presidential candidates together this week for what is loosely termed a "debate," what did the country get but a discussion of immigration, Biblical inerrancy and the propriety of flying the Confederate flag?
....CNN chose to devote the first 35 minutes of this critical debate to a single issue -- immigration. Now, if that leaves you scratching your head, it's probably because you're included in the 96% of Americans who do not think immigration is the most important issue confronting this country.
The Pew Center which studies issues of concern to voters, ranks the issues of most importance as:
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