Comments on: Lou Dobbs, "Advocacy" Journalist?

Lesley Stahl Interviews The Outspoken CNN Anchor On "60 Minutes"

[caesarion-2009]

"The idea that a reporter should be disqualified because he or she actually cares, actually isn't neutral about the well-being of the country and its people, that's absurd..."

No, a reporter should be disqualified when he has shown a willful desire to misinform his viewers as he did during the Pelosi plane kerfuffle. Lou Dobbs reported that Nancy Pelosi %u201Cwants the U.S. Air Force for personal accommodation.%u201D and "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi apparently wants regular access to military aircraft for flights, not only for herself, but also members of her family and the Californian delegation.", during a week in which he focused on this made up story. The House Sergeant of Arms had confirmed that he was the one who asked the Pentagon for a larger plane for Pelosi on tuesday of that week, yet Lou Dobbs never mentioned it and continued to misinform his viewers for the remainder of the week. To this date, Dobbs has not offered a retraction. I used to respect Dobbs even though I often disagreed w/ him, I no longer do.

[gatogus]

Lou Dobbs is an idiot, who found that by bashing immigrants with scare tectics, and pandering to the intloreant missinformed crowd he can get ratings.