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crooksandliars.com - 10/27/2009
CNN tries to repair damage with Latinos, but Lou Dobbs remains an open, bleeding sore
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DOWNLOADS: (3) PLAYS: (25) CNN last week took steps to repair its tattered image with the Latino community by running a heart-warming series, Latino in America, that does a reasonable job of exploring the realities of daily life the nation's fastest-growing minority bloc. But what they really ...
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shots Fired at Home, Wife
newsbusters.org - 10/29/2009
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shots Fired at Home, Wife
— newsbusters.org — Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests... and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding ... (more) CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shots Fired at Home, Wife

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/27/2009
CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade'
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Six in 10 Americans support a "cap and trade" proposal to cut pollution, according... to a new national poll. Sixty percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say they favor "cap and trade," a ... (more) CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade'

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/30/2009
Isabel Macdonald: NJ Law Enforcement Appear to Contradict Dobbs' Version of Gunfire Incident
— huffingtonpost.com — New Jersey state police appear to be contradicting CNN Host Lou Dobbs' account of a gunfire incident... near his Sussex County, New Jersey, house. (more) Isabel Macdonald: NJ Law Enforcement Appear to ...

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CNN tries to repair damage with Latinos, but Lou Dobbs remains an open, bleeding sore
Orcinus — ... evident that CNN has told Dobbs to chill. Unlike any similar time period in the past eight years, Dobbs has done only a handful of segments on immigration in the past couple of months. Of course, when he has discussed it, he can't help referring to comprehensive immigration reform as "amnesty" and fetishizing over the "amnesty question" -- as he did last week: [H/t Heather] Cross-posted at Crooks and Liars. ...

Media reform and the ouster of Lou Dobbs: Yes we can
Orcinus — ... Except, of course, for when he lands that fat Fox Business Channel gig. In the meantime, some congratulations are in order -- and, as Greg Sargent suggests, the left blogosphere in general deserves a great deal of credit in finally forcing one of the nation's leading hatemongers -- and disinformation specialists -- out the door. That's especially the case with Media Matters, which really led the way. (MM has great retrospective of their own.) And the campaigns that organized to compel his ouster at CNN -- including Basta Dobbs, Drop ...

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