Lou Dobbs Roundup: Pressure Mounts on CNN, How You Can Help

America's Voice Blog

Posted 09/28/09 at 01:51pm

Only 1 week old, our campaign to air a hard-hitting new Lou Dobbs television ad on CNN has already raised about a third of the $16,000 dollars needed. These contributions have come directly from hundreds of everyday people who are fed up with the hate speech on CNN.

Check out the coverage so far, and don't forget to chip in here.

In "Dropping Lou Dobbs: Unrepentant Wingnuttery means CNN needs to choose between its credibility and its pride," Dave Neiwert of Crooks and Liars argues:

Dobbs's irresponsible brand of journalism besmirches the credibility of an organization like CNN. Which means that it needs to choose between preserving its fast-eroding integrity, or sacrificing it on the altar of Dobbs' ego.

In "America's Voice Uses Facebook Targeted Ads to Take On Lou Dobbs", David Cohen reports for Media Bistro:

Pro-immigration reform group America's Voice is going after CNN host Lou Dobbs in a big way, and it's using Facebook's targeted advertising to do so, ClickZ reported.

In "Ad Campaign Urges CNN To Drop Hater Lou Dobbs. How You Can Help," blogger Baratunde Thurston (aka Jack Turner) of Jack and Jill Politics writes:

Dobbs is no friend to black people or just decent people. Adam goes on to cite the connection between Dobbs’ dehumanizing rhetoric and the rise in hate crimes against Latinos (again, something “we” know a bit about as I mentioned back during the cops-shoot-gorilla-as-proxy-for-Obama cartoon controversy last Spring).

Hispanic Tips features the TV ad as "America’s Voice Launches Campaign to Air New Ad on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight'” – watch it here.

Maegan La Mamita Mala of Vivir Latino, in Those Crazy Gringos Videos, writes:

America’s Voice launched their own campaign aimed against Lou Dobbs. They are seeking donations to help buy ad space countering Lou Dobbs and his hate speech.

In “Drop Lou Dobbs – Online Campaign by Pro-Immigrant Forces Puts Pressure on CNN", Diego Graglia of Feet in Two Worlds reports:

Hispanic and pro-immigrant activists are becoming increasingly vocal in their demand that CNN drop host Lou Dobbs.

Kate Kaye of ClickZ Politics and Advocacy writes on our Facebook:

On Tuesday, people listed on Facebook as employees of media firms including CNN, The New York Times, Politico, and AOL began seeing ads featuring images of the CNN anchor accompanied by eye-popping text. "Hey, Anderson Cooper, What's it like to work with a racist at CNN?" asked some ads, which conclude, "Time to drop Dobbs."