Thread: RANTS:Lou Dobbs is Useless in a (Financial) Crisis

RANTS
Lou Dobbs is Useless in a Crisis

By John Cook, 2:59 PM on Mon Mar 16 2009, 5,675 views

Lou Dobbs was once a reasonably well respected financial journalist before he traded in his green visor for a pitchfork and a white sheet. And now he's missing-in-action during the biggest financial story of his lifetime.

Where has Lou Dobbs been? For decades, he was the face of CNN's financial coverage. He was the president of CNNfn, and his show used to be called Lou Dobbs Moneyline. He was their money guy, their plugged-in-to-CEOs interpreter of economic data and market wizard. Now, in the midst of economic collapse, his show is a trifling irrelevancy, watched only by a few hundred thousand barking survivalists in the border states.

Even when his populist-with-red-highlights persona does intersect with economic news, Dobbs is bizarrely and confusingly off message. Here is the defender of the common man bravely defending taxpayer-funded corporate jets: "There is a place in corporate America for private corporate aviation. It's an important business tool!"

In 2003, Dobbs decided that business news was too limiting a rubric for his prodigious talents, and so renamed his show the more expansive Lou Dobbs Tonight, which served as a platform for his insane rants against all persons of Mexican descent save for the one he is married to. He became a fulminating populist, preaching protectionism and attempting to save America from Mexican leprosy. It worked for Bill O'Reilly, right? But in order to get over as a man-of-the-people reactionary, you need more than titanic self-regard: You need to be a compelling broadcaster. And Dobbs' increasingly slurred performance, random outbursts, and obsessive fixation on illegal immigration have made him compelling only to a lunatic fringe who think he should run for president or governor of New Jersey.

So what's he up to these days? On Friday, the day the market showed renewed optimism, the day after the Cramer-Steward smackdown turned the nation's attention toward the way we cover the economy, Dobbs turned to his economic panel after segments about the military threat from Communist China, a car chase, a shark attack, and a book by David Horowitz. It's a lineup that is cosmically out of tune to what anybody cares about, which is the economy, a subject on which Lou Dobbs once had some credibility. At right a screengrab from his web site, which defines an "issue that matters" right now as some sheriff in Arizona who puts Mexicans in jail.

This could explain why Dobbs' ratings are down 17 percent so far this month from last month's average, and why Fox News' Shepard Smith is currently beating him by a full million viewers.

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In 2003, Dobbs decided that business news was too limiting a rubric for his prodigious talents, and so renamed his show the more expansive Lou Dobbs Tonight, which served as a platform for his insane rants against all persons of Mexican descent save for the one he is married to.

What a nasty little comment.

I have not posted these titles for any other reason than to mock their depth - I consider this to be a collection of garbage - I just wanted to clear that up.

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I think Lou Dobbs is great! He has been warning the American people about all the major things that are happening now. He has been on the forefront of the illegals battle. As the pro-illegals, illegals advocates are growing stronger, we pro-Americans must not falter, all people that love America and oppose Amnesty must support voices like Lou Dobbs.


Lou Dobbs has had programs on about the financial situation, but his forte is the illegal invaders. God Bless Him and the othe brave people speaking up on OUR behalf.

John Cook's credibility flew out the door in this hit piece and permanently in many books when he mentioned the word "sheets" and called Lou Dobbs a supporter of the KKK.

Whatever John Cook thought he had to offer the public with his opinion, he is clearly just an immature race baiting name caller.

You can always tell when someone is in a weak political position when they start off accusing their opposition of wearing "sheets".

These pieces of garbage, Cook and this column, belong on a bathroom wall and not on a blog. Ruben Navarette already has this job and does not need a competitor.

W

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So what's he up to these days? On Friday, the day the market showed renewed optimism, the day after the Cramer-Steward smackdown turned the nation's attention toward the way we cover the economy, Dobbs turned to his economic panel after segments about the military threat from Communist China, a car chase, a shark attack, and a book by David Horowitz. It's a lineup that is cosmically out of tune to what anybody cares about, which is the economy, a subject on which Lou Dobbs once had some credibility. At right a screengrab from his web site, which defines an "issue that matters" right now as some sheriff in Arizona who puts Mexicans in jail.

it ddoesn't really matter what Lou dobbs is talking about, since guys like John Cook will likely rant and rave anyway. When Lou talks about illegal immigration, Cook will call him a "racist'

When Lou talks about Communist China, a car chase, or a shark attack, Cook is the first to condemn Lou for being out of "tune to what anybody cares about!"

The more likely issue here is that john Cook is a race baiter, who cannot stand Lou because he stands for the rule of law and the common good for America!


Any journalist who has to reference a "pitchfork and a white sheet" in his opening sentence is probably up to nothing more than a racist rant anyway....

Originally Posted by Texas2step

RANTS
Lou Dobbs is Useless in a Crisis

By John Cook, 2:59 PM on Mon Mar 16 2009, 5,675 views

Looks like someone is try to use Lou Dobbs to gt attention and raise his ratings.

Originally Posted by bigtex

Originally Posted by Texas2step

RANTS
Lou Dobbs is Useless in a Crisis

By John Cook, 2:59 PM on Mon Mar 16 2009, 5,675 views

Looks like someone is try to use Lou Dobbs to gt attention and raise his ratings.

For Lou Dobbs to do even more than he is to help America, he would need to run for President.

Anyone up for a Dobbs and Beck ticket in 2012?

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Originally Posted by bigtex

Originally Posted by Texas2step

RANTS
Lou Dobbs is Useless in a Crisis

By John Cook, 2:59 PM on Mon Mar 16 2009, 5,675 views

Anyone up for a Dobbs and Beck ticket in 2012?

W

We can only dream about that one!! Wouldn't that be wonderful!!

From my previous post - a little clarification.

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