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Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN

Longtime anchor announces move on tonight's show

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 5:43 PM CST | Updated Nov 12, 2009 5:33 AM CST

(Newser) – Anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN, he announced during tonight’s show—his last after 27 years at the channel. Dobbs, whose contract wasn’t up until 2011, has made waves with his anti-immigration views and his questioning of President Obama’s citizenship; he didn’t shed much light on his next move, saying he was “considering a number of options and directions.”

“Some leaders in the media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and engage in constructive problem-solving,” Dobbs, 64, added. He met with Fox News’ Roger Ailes last month, the New York Times reports, though it’s not clear that he might jump to the rival network.

Lou Dobbs, in a 2005 file photo.
Lou Dobbs, in a 2005 file photo.   (AP Photo/CNN, Mark Hill, File)
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Cher
Nov 14, 2009 6:03 AM CST
SHANNONALS If you would look up a word before you use it you would not look so stupid. I am being sincere. Actually I was being very nice. At least I was calling him by a name that he took the oath of office under and called himself, although he ran from that middle name when he was campaigning. Why do I have to call him either by his first or last name only? You should hear the names I call him when I'm not being so nice. Get a grip and don't fret the small stuff.
MrsK
Nov 13, 2009 2:52 AM CST
Jumped that sinking ship at the right time.
cornelison
Nov 13, 2009 1:37 AM CST
Fox could do one of those old, "Point, Counter Point" sessions like it was on 60 Minutes in the 70's. Geraldo v. Lou. Geraldo could start by saying, "Lou you ignorant racist."
 

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