AlterNet: Is Lou Dobbs, CNN's Resident Bigot, on His Way Out?

[marmar]

Is Lou Dobbs, CNN's Resident Bigot, on His Way Out?

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. Posted September 29, 2009.

Protest campaigns urging CNN to dump Dobbs are gathering momentum. Will 'the most trusted name in news' do the right thing?



It's time to give Lou Dobbs the boot: Add your name to AlterNet and CREDO's petition, and send him to the sidelines.


The heat on CNN to dump right-wing nativist news host Lou Dobbs has reached a boiling point.

Several grassroots and Internet campaigns urging CNN to drop Dobbs in response to his relentless hate-talk are gathering momentum and tens of thousands of signatures. Will Dobbs finally be stopped from using his on-air bully pulpit to bash immigrants and spread misleading and inaccurate information?

One major anti-Dobbs campaign, Basta Dobbs.com, calls Dobbs the "most dangerous man for Latinos in America."

Just how dangerous is Dobbs? According to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, "The rise in hate crimes against Latinos coincides almost exactly with the time Dobbs has been propagating false conspiracy theories about Latinos on the air. He's not urging people to go hurt and kill -- but that is the effect of what he does." ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/story/142940/is_lou_dobbs%2C_cnn%27s_resident_bigot%2C_on_his_way_out

[Orrex]

1. No doubt he'll find a way to blame "Illegal" brown people

[Demeter]

2. When One is Lopped off, 3 others spring up in its place

[marmar]

3. True.....They're like a virus.

n/t

[chemp]

4. he'll just end up with his own show on Faux.

Sandwiched between Beck and O'Really.

[RadicalGeek]

8. He'd fit in there

The bigotry, the fear.
Seems like Faux's M.O

[OHdem10]

5. Have things changed:? Since Fox has kept Beck in spite of Companies

dropping him, will it be more difficult to remove anyone?

Just asking.

[MrsCorleone]

9. Yes, transnationals make far more profit via confusion/fear mongered masses than all ad $s combined.

It's the tragic story that will never be reported via corporate media.

[RKP5637]

6. Petition signed...

[NoSheep]

7. Petition signed.

[madamesilverspurs]

10. Next

can we work to get Pat Buchanon off MSNBC?

[BunkerHill24]

11. Petition signed

[Dr.Phool]

12. Petition signed

In additional comments, I said dump Lou Slobs, and give the boot to Nancy Disgrace.

[TankLV]

13. Done.

[Plucketeer]

14. I signed them!

Dobbs needs to go tend his alien workforce.