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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:25:39 AM
CNN's Lou Dobbs, a lightning rod for criticism following his transition from a
business journalist to an opinionated anchor on such issues as illegal
immigration, told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show to
pursue new opportunities.
"This will be my last broadcast," Dobbs said after giving the day's
headlines. Dobbs, who hosts a daily radio show unrelated to CNN, said the
network had allowed him to be released early from his contract.
Dobbs was a CNN original, signing on when the cable network started in 1980.
For much of that time, he hosted a nightly business broadcast that became one of
the most influential shows in the corporate world, and CNN's most profitable
show for advertising revenue.
But Dobbs said his world view changed after the 2001 terrorist attacks and
corporate corruption scandals, and he began to more freely express his opinions.
(It looks like more and more people who look at things the way the right does are leaving CNN. Read more
Lou Dobbs
Quits CNN...