Y&R Discussion Group -- Good By Lou Dobbs

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Topic: Good By Lou Dobbs

Topic Posted by: Pronoun
Date Posted: Fri Nov 13 0:37:30 2009
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I never liked him myself and always switched stations for his hour.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/11/lou.dobbs.leaving/index.html

Posted by: cook
Date posted: Tue Nov 17 17:27:15 2009
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I just heard the perfect word to describe him.....shrill.

Posted by: Liz
Date posted: Fri Nov 13 23:51:42 2009
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I don't watch CNN but I heard on the radio that TPTB at CNN wanted Dobbs to report the news. Instead, he was becoming more & more opinionated & that wasn't the message that CNN wanted expressed on television. They mentioned that it might have been more appropriate to give opinion on his radio show but not for television.

Posted by: Paige
Date posted: Fri Nov 13 17:11:39 2009
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Maybe now he'll get a job at a real news network, like the #1 rated Fox.

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# 1 rated FIX news - We report, You decide. Check out ALL the videos inside.

Fox is opinion not news....................Liz

Call 'em what you want.. doesn't change the fact that they are watched by more people than any of the other national news networks. Heck, even MSNBC and HLN get more viewers than CNN. Wouldn't surprise me if more people started jumped from that sinking ship.

Just because people watch that kerap doesn't mean it's responsible reporting. (And last I heard, Fox's viewership had fallen significantly, not that they'd report that.) And if their reporting is so fact-based, why do they keep getting caught lying? Just recently, they were caught substituting footage of a different rally than the one they were reporting on -- they were trying to make it look like the crowd was many times larger than it actually was. And if I'm not mistaken, it wasn't the first time. You call that journalism? ~i&b

The scary thing with Fox is that the millions who watch it DO believe it's responsible journalism. They don't seem to care that they are being lied to & manipulated. It's a disgrace................Liz

As opposed to MSNBC whose commentators don't know the difference between Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? And i&b, I don't know where you're getting your ratings info from b/c Fox is UP from this time last year. They are averaging 3x as many viewers as MSNBC and CNN and have about 1 million more than both CNN and MSNBC put together. I think you may be referring to the aforementioned other two networks who DROPPED significantly from this time last year.

Yes, you are correct. I just checked and Faux News does have higher ratings again since I last heard. Apparently, Lou Dobbs cost CNN quite a few viewers. Nevertheless, that doesn't change the fact that Faux News lies and distorts -- even to the point of showing false footage that was obviously taped in a completely different season than the immediate event. And that's just one example. Faux actually reported more than once that WMDs were found in Iraq. If that ain't phoney journalism, I don't know what is. ~i&b

Like I said, you can say what you want.. but they have several Democratic commentators who have said they are the most balanced of all the national news networks. That's why everyone (with the exception of those up Zero's ass) are trying to get on their network. BTW, what's with the White House issuing blunt warnings to Democrats not to appear on Fox? Threatened much about the truth getting out? It's incredulous that anyone would talk about Fox being biased and untrustworthy, but then use CNN and MSNBC as shining examples of *real* journalism. CNN is down 30%, that's not all Lou Dobbs.

I'd rather watch 'FAUX' news, rather than 'NAUX' news, anyday.

Posted by: ingyandbert
Date posted: Fri Nov 13 11:40:11 2009
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Dobbs was giving CNN a black eye with his conspiracy theories, xenophobia, and birther fetish. Frankly, I am amazed they didn't run him off a long time ago.

Posted by: Cassies grandma
Date posted: Fri Nov 13 7:06:20 2009
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a quote from the story

He cited the growth of the middle class, the creation of jobs, health care, immigration policy, the environment, climate change and the U.S. military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan as "the major issues of our time."

What the growth of the middle class? I think it's shrinking!!

I won't miss him. CNN has pretty much lost me. NPR and PBS get my news for me.

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Same here, CG. I have NPR on at home & in my car. I do like MSNBC for opinion. I am well aware that Keith Olbermann & Rachel Maddow are liberal with a leftist point of view & opinion. I enjoy both of their shows & their guests, always keeping in mind that their opinion jives with mine. I guess that's why Fox's conservative viewers enjoy the shows there as well.....................Liz