Lou dobbs doesn't care about Brown people.

[Rhinox]

This is and OLD THREAD Check the date asshole last page has the new relevant info.

CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeking out news about the conspiracy to spread leprosy throughout America via illegal Mexican immigrants to turn instead to the guy who lives under the bridge by the old tire factory.
Leading the way in this effort are a coalition of organizations united under the "Drop Dobbs" banner, including Media Matters for America, the National Council of La Raza, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the New Democrat Network, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Writing for Media Matters' County Fair blog, John V. Santore sums up their beef:
For years, Lou Dobbs has been one of the most dangerous hosts on cable news. He benefits enormously from the legitimacy of the CNN brand, which provides him with an unparalleled platform from which to mainstream the hate speech and racially charged conspiracy theories normally relegated to Fox News and other conservative news outlets. Dobbs calls himself an "advocacy journalist," but he doesn't even live up to that ambiguous standard. Good journalism enhances the discussion of serious topics, but Dobbs helps to undermine and debase that discussion, routinely infusing it with misinformation and fear. And when it comes to issues like immigration, he has more in common with birther Orly Taitz than with Anderson Cooper.

If CNN won't drop Dobbs, it's time that his advertisers did. It's time to do more than simply highlight the damage Dobbs does and the threat he poses. We must demand accountability from the advertisers who, by their purchase of airtime on his shows, actively support his hate speech.
The group documents "Dobbs' History of Hate and Paranoia."



The action comes on the heels of Dobbs' decision to participate in a rally for a group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform. The Southern Poverty Law Center contends that FAIR is a "hate group":
Founded by [John] Tanton in 1979, FAIR has long been marked by anti-Latino and anti-Catholic attitudes. It has mixed this bigotry with a fondness for eugenics, the idea of breeding better humans discredited by its Nazi associations. It has accepted $1.2 million from an infamous, racist eugenics foundation. It has employed officials in key positions who are also members of white supremacist groups. Recently, it has promoted racist conspiracy theories about Mexico's secret designs on the American Southwest and an alternative theory alleging secret plans to merge the United States, Mexico and Canada. Just last February, a senior FAIR official sought "advice" from the leaders of a racist Belgian political party.
FAIR spokesperson Ira Mehlman disputed this charge in an article on HispanicBusiness.com yesterday, complaining, "Who made SPLC the arbiter of who is and is not a hate group?" and insisting, "They are going after everyone who is opposed to their point of view on this issue, trying to brand everyone as somehow beyond the pale."
But while the "Drop Dobbs" cri de coeur gains strength, it's actually running a bit behind media consumers, who have already been busy dropping Dobbs. Viewers fled CNN in August, and Lou Dobbs was one of the more noteworthy ratings albatrosses. Via Mediabistro:
Against last year's campaign coverage-heavy August, CNN saw significant decreases in total day and primetime viewership. In total day, CNN averaged 573K Total Viewers, a 13% decrease, with 162K in the demo, a 29% decrease. In primetime, CNN averaged 891K Total Viewers, a 32% decrease, with 248K in the demo, down 45%.

The biggest decreases in the demo were seen by "Lou Dobbs" (20%) and the "Situation Room" first hour (30%) and second hour (35%).

Dobbs' ratings have been on the slide all summer, and it seems that every time he indulges himself in one of his flights of paranoid fancy, the New York Observer's Felix Gillette is there to point out the net negative impact on CNN's bottom line. Back in June, Dobbs was fretting over czars, and slipping into third place for his time slot. And in July, Dobbs went all in with the Birthers, which prompted another precipitous ratings decline.
At this point, "Drop Dobbs" is basically only encouraging people to do what they've already been doing on their own, in droves.
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Why all the hate? Btw when confronted with charges of his bigotry. his only response is "I married a Mexican" effectively using the chewbacca defense.

[Dimmauk]

Wasnt Hitler a Jew?

[Rhinox]

Wasnt Hitler a Jew?

Yeah half jew I believe.

Hey Maybe Hilter was just getting rid of the Leprosy carrying jews that were crossing the borders.

[archibaldcrane]

Want Lou Dobbs to shut up?

Pass some sort of effective immigration reform. Hell, Bush's proposed immigration reform was probably the most sensible thing he tried to do in his 8 years, and it got shot down under a right-wing chorus of "amnesty".

Until then, he will have legitimate complains about the problems of illegal immigration in America. Sure, he takes it too far sometimes, but I don't feel too much sympathy for people whose mere existence in this country is criminal.

[Rhinox]

Want Lou Dobbs to shut up?

Pass some sort of effective immigration reform. Hell, Bush's proposed immigration reform was probably the most sensible thing he tried to do in his 8 years, and it got shot down under a right-wing chorus of "amnesty".

Until then, he will have legitimate complains about the problems of illegal immigration in America. Sure, he takes it too far sometimes, but I don't feel too much sympathy for people whose mere existence in this country is criminal.

really?...Really? Are you fucking kidding me?

do "legitimate complaints" include a Conspiracy that Mexicans want to reconquer the Southwest? Or how about the one where theres another conspiracy that Mexicans only want to come into this country to spread Leprosy?

[Dimmauk]

Want Lou Dobbs to shut up?

Pass some sort of effective immigration reform. Hell, Bush's proposed immigration reform was probably the most sensible thing he tried to do in his 8 years, and it got shot down under a right-wing chorus of "amnesty".

Until then, he will have legitimate complains about the problems of illegal immigration in America. Sure, he takes it too far sometimes, but I don't feel too much sympathy for people whose mere existence in this country is criminal.

Yeah I agree, the White, Black, and Asian people need to seriously GTFO, and go back to England, China/Japan and Africa.

[510Meeze]

People are racist, time to move on. People should be able to say how they actually feel without having a bunch of morons protesting.

[Yuri-G]

People are racist, time to move on. People should be able to say how they actually without having a bunch of morons protesting.

the irony is strong in this one...

[510Meeze]

really?...Really? Are you fucking kidding me?

Yes, hence the term illegal immigrants.

[Rhinox]

Yes, hence the term illegal immigrants.

You ever jay walked? guess what You're an Illegal criminal.

[Demosthenes11]

incredibly fair and unbiased article
I love when articles make judgments for me! It's like I dont even need to think!

[Demosthenes11]

You ever jay walked? guess what You're an Illegal criminal.

you just compared jaywalking to illegal immigration?
and you're the one saying really?

[Rhinox]

you just compared jaywalking to illegal immigration?
and you're the one saying really?

I was refering to his definition of Criminal. So yeah.

But go ahead jump to conclusions again.

[Dimmauk]

People are racist, time to move on. People should be able to say how they actually without having a bunch of morons protesting.

How do you say actually without having a bunch of morons protesting?

[melbufrauma]

Yeah half jew I believe.

Hey Maybe Hilter was just getting rid of the Leprosy carrying jews that were crossing the borders.

his grandparents were jewish

[Demosthenes11]

I was refering to his definition of Criminal. So yeah.

But go ahead jump to conclusions again.

he never used the word criminal lol

[Dimmauk]

you just compared jaywalking to illegal immigration?
and you're the one saying really?

It is kinda the same, both are crossing something illegally.

[Kuya]

If only the same kind of vitriol were aimed at companies that hire undocumented immigrants rather than people who are just trying to gain a better life without directly harming anyone. But somehow it's always the people with less means to defend themselves that get singled out. Coincidentally, it is preassure groups from said companies that block useful immigration reform, as opposed to the immigrants themselves who have little resources.

Does anyone here really think that immigration reform would be this hard to obtain if all that stood in the way were illegal immigrants? Once again, there are interests that want things to stay the way they are, and it would make much more sense that these people are the ones who get slurred and singled out.

[510Meeze]

the irony is strong in this one...

Seems ironic, but if it was OK to be honest about your beliefs, there would be less morons protesting, more people being honest, and I believe that racism wouldn't be the issue that sets us off. Of course that would mean we would have to focus on the actual problem, and that is the gap that is widening between classes. It's much easier for the ruling class to rule the masses of retards with issues like race to buffer the real issue.

There are very few people who really aren't racist. Most people suppress their beliefs on a day to day basis.

[kuronosan]

Crossing the street illegally is not the same thing as entering someone else's country illegally. Not by a long shot.