John King to Replace Lou Dobbs on CNN

(AP)  John King is replacing Lou Dobbs on CNN.

John Klein, CNN president, said Thursday that veteran reporter King will move into the 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) slot that's been vacated by Lou Dobbs. King will host a show about politics beginning early next year.

That puts him in direct competition with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, whose "Hardball" is also about politics. Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith, who does a more general interest newscast, dominates the cable news ratings in that hour.

Dobbs announced abruptly Wednesday evening that Wednesday would be his last show on CNN. He said he wanted to pursue more advocacy journalism, a route that was no longer available to him on CNN.

[timdgrim]

Good for him. He deserves it. No one will miss Lou Snobbs!

[lmartink]

Good riddance. Dobbs will easily find work on an Extremist channel --- WACKO, located in Podunk Uneducatedville. All opinion, all lhe time

[wendyful]

YAY!!! I love John King.... and I couldn't stand Lou Dobbs! Good Decision CNN!

[cockroachcrusher]

A blister removed.

Gone is Phew Slobs. Small but significant in that it is a step to get the FCC to move on the hate cancer that is AM radio with Savage Sam (who belongs in a rubber room) and Lush Limpbrain (America's No. 1 drug queen) leading the pig fest of clones across the AM dial.

[thatchmo62]

Include ABC, NBC and CBS to my previous comment.

[thatchmo62]

I'd watch John King over that idiot Matthews any day. The only thing I'd ask John to do is ask the tough questions and tougher follow-up questions of your guests that most, if not all of the other so-called news anchors and commentators on CNN, MSNBC and Fox fail to do.

[antoniof123]

Just trade one nut for another.

[excoachken]

Any objective voice would be an improvement over the bigot Dobbs.

[hockeymom441]

b.s.

Dobbs sees that the republican party is pathetic and figures now is his time to jump in. Go for it! At least he has speak sentences that make sense and seems to know something!