Lou Dobbs’ Latest: Kudos to Beck for saying Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people”

America's Voice Blog

Posted 09/09/09 at 10:27am

Update from Color of Change: 62 companies have now stopped their ads from running on Beck's show as a result of his extreme statements.

As Media Matters notes, Lou Dobbs took the opportunity last night to pat Glenn Beck on the back for his extreme comments on air that Obama is a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people--" comments which caused dozens of advertisers to ditch their ads on Beck's program in August. (Check out Color of Change's ongoing campaign to hold Beck accountable for these statements.)

From Dobbs' September 8th radio show:

DOBBS: ..And I didn't hear -- I didn't hear Howard Dean get excited about that, trampling all over the First Amendment trying to coerce sponsors of Glenn Beck just because he had the guts to say what he meant. You know, there's a shortage of that. That ought to be encouraged.

Check out Beck's now-infamous comments (which Dobbs wants to encourage):

Since Dobb's "Birther" flirtation this summer, and with ratings plummeting, Dobbs seems to be coming increasingly unhinged -- but this isn't stopping CNN from giving him his nightly anti-immigrant soapbox. Or from letting him headline for hate groups next week.

For the record, here are some of the comments that advertisers fleeing Beck's program released:

Ally Bank (a unit of GMAC Financial Services): "Ally advertises on a broad spectrum of programs to reach our potential customers. Our advertising is not an endorsement of editorial content on any program. We have ceased to advertise on the Glenn Beck program."
Broadview Security: "Given the considerations, we have requested of Fox News not to include us in the rotation that would have our commercials running on Glenn Beck's show."
CVS: "While advertising on Fox is part of our communication plan, we had not requested time on Glenn Beck's show specifically. We have instructed our advertising agency to inform Fox to ensure Glenn Beck's program is not part of our advertising plan."
Re-Bath: "...We are no longer airing our commercials on the Glenn Beck Show..."
Travelocity: "We did not specifically place our ad on the show. We buy ads in bulk and then they are placed somewhat randomly. However, we have now specifically asked that our ads do not appear during this show."
Wal-Mart: "Walmart today confirmed the retailer pulled ads from the Glenn Beck show on August 3rd."