Dobbs will turn up in politics

It is only fitting, and hardly surprising, that Lou Dobbs has once again decided to part ways with CNN.
The long-time anchor, who helped launch the cable news network in 1980, announced his resignation yesterday, effective immediately.  It's not the first time he's resigned abruptly.  He once stormed out because producers broke away from his show to cover a breaking news story.  Dobbs returned two years later, after a change in station management.

There had long been rumors of mutual dissatisfaction between Dobbs and CNN, a rift that has grown more heated sinced 2001 when he began espousing his anti-immigration views almost nightly.

While Dobbs' views usually stopped short of spilling over into Limbaugh-esque hatemongering, he had a hard time refraining from crossing that journalistic border.  Too often, he didn't even try.  His anger didn't seem to be limited to illegal immigrants, but to Latinos in general.  Many complained that, while FOX is expected to have a far-right bent, and MSNBC to be left-leaning, viewers tuned in to CNN for balance.  And, with the exception of Dobbs, they were usually able to find unbiased reporting there.

Robert Lovato, co-founder of Presente.org, said of the resignation, “Our contention all along was that Lou Dobbs — who has a long record of spreading lies and conspiracy theories about immigrants and Latinos — does not belong on the ‘most trusted name in news,’ We are thrilled that Dobbs no longer has this legitimate platform from which to incite fear and hate.”

It's a good thing for both Dobbs and his former employers that he is leaving.  He has long since left the ranks of pure journalism and chosen the way of pure editorialism.  In announcing his resignation, he said, "some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day."

Oh, brother.  We all know what that means.  See ya on the campaign trail, Lou.  Or, on FOX.

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