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mediamatters.org - 7/30/2009
CNN chief Klein misrepresents birther coverage to defend Dobbs
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On July 28, CNN president Jonathan Klein reportedly defended Lou Dobbs' coverage of conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate by falsely characterizing Dobbs' coverage as being limited to asking why some people continue to doubt Obama's citizenship. In fact, Dobbs has gone ...
observer.com - 7/31/2009
Controversy Surrounding Lou Dobbs Has Failed to Increase His Ratings
— observer.com — On the night of Monday, July 27, Bill O'Reilly welcomed Richard Cohen, the head of the Southern... Poverty Law Center, onto The O'Reilly Factor , to talk about Mr. Cohen's repeated public criticisms of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. In recent weeks, along ... (more) Controversy Surrounding Lou Dobbs Has Failed to Increase ...

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thedailyshow.com - 7/30/2009
So You Think You Can Douche
— thedailyshow.com — Sean Hannity scares and confuses with grainy footage, Lou Dobbs demands a birth certificate, and Glenn Beck... calls Obama a racist. (more) So You Think You Can Douche

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 7/31/2009
Media Matters Running Ads Attacking Lou Dobbs’ Birther Obsession — On CNN!
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Okay, this is an interesting new frontier in political media criticism. Media Matters, which has been attacking... CNN for not reining in Lou Dobbs' birther obsession, has now purchased air time to run a TV ad attacking "CNN's Lou Dobbs problem" -- ... (more) Media Matters Running Ads Attacking Lou Dobbs’ Birther ...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Chris Wallace, Don Imus: Lou Dobbs Acting Like "Grassy Knoll Nut" (VIDEO)

The Hollywood Liberal:  CNN’s Kurtz, CNN president at odds over whether Dobbs is in “straight newscast” business

Think Progress:  CNN Edits Out Dobbs Criticism From Taped Interview

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Chris Wallace, Don Imus: Lou Dobbs Acting Like "Grassy Knoll Nut" (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Lou Dobbs, whose flaxen locks change color and hue depending on how terrified he is that day of the coming Mexican reconquista, is all about the birthers now. And everyone is yelling at him, save his boss, Jon Klein, who's busy pretending that Dobbs is covering the controversy instead of fanning it. Who's yelling at him today? Chris Wallace and Don Imus, for starters! ...

CNN’s Kurtz, CNN president at odds over whether Dobbs is in “straight newscast” business
The Hollywood Liberal — ... commentators on Fox and liberal ones at MSNBC. Since then, Dobbs has been doing a relatively straight newscast, Klein said.“He brings more than three decades of experience reporting and broadcasting the news,” Klein said, “and that’s very valuable to a news network.” Despite “opinion” contradiction, Kurtz again declines to criticize CNN boss Kurtz ignores Klein . While discussing Dobbs on the August 2 Reliable Sources , Kurtz did not mention Klein, much less Klein’s role in enabling and defending Dobbs. Kurtz noted AP article on Dobbs, but not Klein’s reported comments in ...

CNN Edits Out Dobbs Criticism From Taped Interview
Think Progress — ... born in the U.S. Dobbs repeatedly called on Obama to “produce a birth certificate” and said it’s “unfortunate” that the birthers have been “dismissed.” Despite Dobbs’ hysteria and playing on “escalating white fear,” CNN president Jonathan Klein downplayed Dobbs’ antics, claiming the CNN anchor was merely reporting on the birther “phenomenon” and had simply asked why “some people doubt” Obama’s citizenship. Moreover, while discussing race ...

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