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 Dobbs: CNN Didn't Want 
 Obama Criticism 

'What is immutable is that I'm staying in the public arena'

Nov 17, 09 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs guarantees "100%" that he'll be staying in "the public arena" now that he's finished with CNN, he told Fox's Bill O'Reilly last night, but he demurred on whether that means a run for a New Jersey Senate seat. President Obama "isn't the devil," Dobbs... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • CNN • Fox • Lou Dobbs • news anchor • Lou Dobbs interview

 CNN Paid Dobbs $8M to Leave 

Bosses objected to reporting on immigration, 'birther' movement

Nov 16, 09 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - CNN was so outraged over Lou Dobbs’ conservative reporting that they paid him $8 million just to leave, an anonymous source tells the New York Post. “They wanted him out,” the source says. Dobbs still had a year and a half left on his $12 million contract,... More »

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Fox News • CNN • Lou Dobbs • right wingers • birther

interview

 Lou Dobbs: 
 I Wasn't 
 Forced Out 

Ex-CNN host says he hasn't talked with Fox

Nov 15, 09 4:47 PM CST
(AP) - Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel as though he was pushed out of CNN, where he worked for all but 2 years of its existence until last Wednesday. "I don't know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms,"... More »

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immigration • TV networks • CNN • illegal immigration • Lou Dobbs • anchor • host • news anchor • television news

JOE CONASON

Dobbs 2012: A Nightmare
for Republicans

Ex-anchor could split the tea-bagger vote as an independent

Nov 13, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs has dropped big hints that he plans a career in politics, and the GOP should be worried, warns Joe Conason. A presidential run by Dobbs seems like a strong possibility, but he won't be running as a Republican, Conason writes for Salon . Instead, the newly departed CNN anchor... More »

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Republican Party • CNN • Lou Dobbs • third party candidacy • presidential candidates • Election 2012 • birther

musical anchor chairs


 John King 
 Will Replace 
 Lou Dobbs  

Anchor of CNN's 'State of the Union' 'thrilled' with primetime slot

Nov 12, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - CNN political reporter and State of the Union host John King will replace the abruptly departed Lou Dobbs in CNN's 7pm weekday slot starting early next year. Aside from hosting the network's Sunday political gabfest, King is known for using a touch-screen “magic map” to illustrate his election analysis.... More »

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television • CNN • primetime TV • Lou Dobbs • cable news • election coverage • political coverage • Sunday morning talk shows • John King • State of the Union

updated

 Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN 

Longtime anchor announces move on tonight's show

Nov 12, 09 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... More »

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citizenship • Fox News • CNN • Roger Ailes • illegal immigration • talk show • Lou Dobbs • cable industry • host • news anchor • cable news • President Obama • conservative media • birther

don't ask, don't inhale

 
 Admit It 
 Wolf, You 
 Smoked 
 Pot 

It's no big deal, so stop getting all secretive about it

Nov 10, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Wolf Blitzer can stay calm and collected on nearly any subject—except when marijuana comes up. Yesterday, during a discussion of Barney Frank’s brush with pot, the anchor noted that he couldn’t recognize the plant but could recognize the smell, then got flummoxed when asked to elaborate. And... More »

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marijuana • CNN • Wolf Blitzer • anchor

 Shot Fired at Dobbs' Home 

Bullet struck siding but didn't penetrate

Oct 29, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gun was fired at CNN commentator Lou Dobbs’ home while his wife and chauffeur talked outside earlier this month, New Jersey state police said today. Dobbs said the shot came after “weeks and weeks” of threatening phone calls—which he had not reported to police because of their... More »

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television • New Jersey • CNN • Lou Dobbs • shooting • shotgun • bullet • gunfire

CNN Last in Prime-Time Ratings Race

Cable viewers prefer opinion-based news programming

Oct 26, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s ratings have fallen behind those of the other major cable news networks as prime-time viewers pass over the network in favor of opinion-based news coverage. Every prime-time CNN show lost to its Fox News opponent, and in some instances the losses were even more humiliating—at 10pm, for... More »

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television • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV ratings • Anderson Cooper • Anderson Cooper 360 • cable news • Greta Van Susteren • Headline News • HLN • Nancy Grace

 Coulter: 'All 
 Prez Assassins 
 Were Liberals' 

Behar tells her to 'stop it'

Oct 23, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative screed scribe Ann Coulter insisted yesterday that every presidential assassin in history has been a liberal. "They're all liberals—assassin by assassin by assassin," she spilled on CNN's Joy Behar Show. An angry Behar retorted: "Wait a minute. Don't make that jump from murder, terrorist to... More »

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Ann Coulter • conservative • racism • assassination • CNN • Joy Behar • assassination attempt • assassin • right wingers • liberal

nate silver

 Rush Got Bum Rap 
 on  Racist Slurs 


Face it, liberal media: Claims he said that stuff look pretty bogus

Oct 15, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is getting such a raw deal in the media that even Nate Silver—who got his start on the Daily Kos—has come to his defense. Lately CNN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have repeated racist statements that appear to be "completely made up," Silver... More »

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plus hate

 Kate Heads to Court After 
 Jon Empties Joint Account 

Mom of 8 has $1,000 to pay family's bills

Oct 4, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after his lawyer told Larry King he "doesn't care about the money," Jon Gosselin withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars from the joint bank account he shares with Kate, leaving his estranged wife with just $1,000. Kate has hired at least two new lawyers, one of... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • parenting • Larry King • CNN • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

TECH REVIEW

CNN's iPhone App Is a Winner

Well-designed add-on makes life easier for network's video-savvy citizen journalists

Sep 29, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s iPhone app is well-designed and intuitive, with enough features to more than justify its $2 price tag. The app makes good use of the iPhone interface, offering different scrolling navigations for stories depending on the handset’s orientation, writes Eliot Van Buskirk for Wired. But perhaps the most... More »

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iPhone • news • CNN • smartphones • App Store

 CNN Mulls Heir to King Throne 

Ryan Seacrest, Katie Couric, Joy Behar are contenders to replace Larry King

Sep 28, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is still the top choice to replace Larry King when his CNN contract expires in 2011—but thanks to Seacrest’s massive deal with Idol, he’s “unreachable,” a source tells the New York Post. Other possible... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Obama and 
 Cable News: 
 It's Love/Hate 

Prez can't stand the "chatter" that obfuscates real issues

Sep 25, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama tries to downplay the “cable chatter” of the 24-hour news networks, but his frustration with them is as old as their fascination with him. “I think a lot of this stems from the election,” press secretary Robert Gibbs tells Politico, when some donors “would... More »

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television • media • MSNBC • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama

Heard Gupta's Swine Flu Spiel? Well, He Got It, Too

CNN doc, and onetime Surgeon General candidate, falls ill in Afghanistan

Sep 23, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now just imagine how embarrassing this would’ve been if he had been Surgeon General: Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical talking head, got swine flu on a recent reporting trip to Afghanistan, he writes in a blog post today. “I am not someone who gets sick, really ever,”... More »

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Afghanistan • media • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • swine flu • H1N1 virus

media melee

Fox: Tea Parties Not Covered
CNN: You Lie!

Ad sparks network
tea party war

Sep 19, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • ABC • protests • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Ricardo Sanchez • cable news • tea parties

updated

Coast Guard Exercise Triggers 9/11 Potomac Scare

Ill-timed drill coincides with Pentagon ceremony

Sep 11, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a case of not-so-great timing, the Coast Guard conducted a training exercise on how to handle a rogue boat this morning in the Potomac River—with 9/11 commemorations taking place at the Pentagon and the president's motorcade crossing a nearby bridge, the Washington Post reports. The exercise caused a... More »

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Pentagon • FBI • September 11 • Coast Guard • CNN • 9/11 attacks • Reagan National Airport • Potomac River • training exercise

Brown: I Do Remember Beating Rihanna

Clip 'not representative' of interview with CNN's King, R&B star claims

Aug 31, 09 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video clip making the gossip rounds, in which Chris Brown says he doesn’t remember beating then-girlfriend Rihanna, is “not representative of what I said” to CNN’s Larry King, the singer tells People today in a statement. “Of course I remember what happened,” Brown adds.... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • domestic violence • CNN • mistake • Rihanna • celebrity interview • Chris Brown

TALk SHOW ROuNDUP


 Hatch: Vicki 
 'Ought to Be 
 Considered' 

Chris Dodd also supports making Ted Kennedy's widow interim senator

Aug 30, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vicki Kennedy would be a good replacement for her late husband in the months before a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Orrin Hatch told CNN’s State of the Union. “She’s a very brilliant lawyer, she’s a very solid individual,” Hatch said. “... More »

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Barack Obama • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • CNN • Maria Shriver

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