09/27/11 Speculation about New Jersey Gov. Christie entering the 2012 Presidential Race has raised more questions about immigration: Will Christie Stick with his strong Pro-Reform Position or Flip-flop? If he stands strong, will party leaders defend his immigration stance from the attacks of the anti-immigrant forces?
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11/10/10 This just in: turns out all those rumors about Dobbs heading to FOX were true. After being paid $8 million to leave CNN about a year ago, the hardline immigration-obsessed host became embroiled anew in scandal last month after a year-long investigation exposed his own immigration hypocrisy (employing undocumented workers on his multi-million dollar estate).
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10/07/10 Now, he may be right about Whitman, but talk about casting the first stone... Today Lou Dobbs becomes the latest uber-wealthy public figure to shamelessly flog the immigration issue while simultaneously benefiting from undocumented labor in his home (or rather, estate). The Nation has a devastating report out today, the result of a year-long investigation, on Dobbs' use and abuse of undocumented workers. Five of Dobbs' workers stated that the ex-CNN anchor knew that they lacked papers but looked the other way as they tended his multi-million dollar estate.
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01/28/10 Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reiterated their commitment to passing comprehensive immigration reform. After the President's low-fidelity mention of immigration reform in the State of the Union address last night, the Senators' clearly articulated commitment and bipartisan framework to get reform done was a welcome message. It will be their job, after all, to bring immigration reform to a vote in the Senate, as Representative Gutierrez outlined today.
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01/08/10 Here are some of the best immigration tidbits from around the internets today -- oh, and leave us some Friday comment love if you get a second. Andrea Nill at the Wonk Room reports on Lou Dobbs' sprint to dump the toxic brand image he's built up for himself on immigration. Maegan La Mala at Vivir Latino posts video and the new findings that immigration reform would be a 1.5 trillion dollar stimulus to the economy. Dave Neiwert points out the hypocrisy of Glen Beck's "pre-emptive defense of the coming wave of anti-immigrant bigotry." (Check out the updates.)
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12/04/09 How's this for irony: the extremist group behind the drive to recruit Lou Dobbs into a presidential run has yanked support for their one-time champion. While bloggers debated whether Dobbs was too mean to be President, it came out that he was no longer mean enough for the extreme base he's cultivated all these years.
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12/02/09 Yesterday the New York Times reported that Dobbs was in conversation with CNBC, and many of us asked the question, "Is CNBC ready for Dobbs?" Looks like the answer is a resounding, "no gracias." Network executives didn't give us much time to put pressure on them, announcing by the end of the day yesterday that talks were over: "Lou Dobbs won't be talking to CNBC again anytime soon."
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12/01/09 Media Matters asks the question today, "Is CNBC prepared to invest in Dobbs and his record of conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric?" They cite recent reports that CNBC is in conversation with the ousted anchor: "A December 1 New York Times blog post reported that Lou Dobbs "has held talks with the business news network CNBC in recent weeks" and that he "could conceivably host a prime time program for CNBC" or "become a commentator for the business news network."
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11/23/09 It's time to share the good news: Lou Dobbs is one less turkey on TV this Thanksgiving. That's one big step toward bringing our country together to debate real solutions on immigration. We've created a fun Thanksgiving e-card you can share with your family and friends, so take a look, have a laugh, and pass it on. We all know that the bigger the movement grows, the stronger each of our voices are.
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11/23/09 Newsflash: Forget all that controversy surrounding CNN's Latinos in America series earlier this fall (CNN came under heavy fire for keeping incendiary host Lou Dobbs as a mainstream news anchor while trying to reach out to Latino audiences). Apparently, Lou Dobbs should now be known as Latinos' "great friend," according to... well, Lou Dobbs. To give Lou some credit, he did find a way to incorporate Latinos, especially Latino immigrants, into just about every "Lou Dobbs Tonight" broadcast, even when the topic was completely unrelated. Heck, Dobbs even gave Latino immigrants credit for a new wave of leprosy in the United States.
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11/19/09 So Lou Dobbs was paid $8 million to leave CNN after the network came under increasing fire for giving Lou Dobbs a primetime slot to incessantly trash immigrants and Latinos. Kudos for CNN for finally doing the right thing. We've rounded up some of the funniest reactions to a man who doesn't deserve to be taken seriously.
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11/16/09 Via Huffington Post (This last line is priceless-- watch it): ""Saturday Night Live" went after Lou Dobbs this week, claiming he retired from CNN because he thinks the "C" stands for the Spanish word "si." Dobbs, played by Darrell Hammond, went on to refer to his replacement, John King, as "Juan" King--a man he says may have paid for his dapper appearance with drug money."
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11/12/09 Last night, Lou Dobbs aired his final broadcast on CNN. So tonight, when viewers tune in to CNN primetime, the hate TV will be gone. According to the New York Times, CNN President Jonathan Klein said: "Lou Dobbs will carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere." Help us spread the word and grow our movement for change!
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11/12/09 Via the New York Times Media Decoder Blog today, news of Dobbs' replacement: "John King will replace Lou Dobbs as the new 7 p.m. anchor on CNN, the network told its employees Thursday morning.Mr. King is currently the anchor of "State of the Union," CNN's Sunday political news show."
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11/11/09 We told you Dobbs was resigning... here's the proof. Via Media Matters, video of Dobbs' resignation. It will be interesting to see what Dobbs' next "contribution" to public life might be. Eric Burns, head of Media Matters, states, "This is a happy day for all those who care about this nation of immigrants and believe in the power of media to elevate the political discourse."
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11/11/09 This just in, from the New York Times Media Decoder Blog today, very big news for those of us who've been calling on CNN to drop its anti-immigrant anchor, Lou Dobbs. In Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN, Brian Stelter and Bill Carter report: "Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said."
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10/29/09 Together, we raised the $16,000 needed to run our TV ad on CNN – telling the station to drop Lou Dobbs's one-sided, anti-immigrant "news" show. Unfortunately, CNN isn't having it. They called to say they won't take our money and have refused to air our "Drop the Hate" TV ad.
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10/29/09 Anti-immigration groups and pundits cling to phrases like "Illegal Alien" because they only focus on foreignness and danger. These extreme factions are all about casting immigrants as what ails our society, conjuring up demons upon which to focus national ire, and perpetuating a subhuman category of being. It's a convenient distraction from things that are actually endangering our nation. A new web-only series from ColorLines called "Torn Apart by Deportation" is the perfect antidote to people like CNN's Lou Dobbs.
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10/23/09 In the past few weeks, we've been calling for CNN to drop their controversial, anti-immigrant "news show," Lou Dobbs Tonight, along with organizations across the country. In anticipation of CNN's highly-publicized "Latino in America" series, many of these groups were also eager to see what steps, if any, CNN would take to address their own involvement in the difficulty of being Latino in America. On the eve of the "Latino in America" premier, CNN was protested by the very same demographic it was supposed to entice.
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10/22/09 UPDATE Friday, October 23 11:00 am: Hate crimes legislation now headed to President Obama for his signature, according to CNN.com. Note: Cross-posted at Jack and Jill Politics. CNN began airing their highly-publicized series, “Latino in America,” last night, and I have to say, their coverage of the uptick in hate crimes against people of color [...]
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10/21/09 Ronda Racha Penrice sums up much of the controversy we posted on earlier this evening in "Will movement to remove Lou Dobbs overshadow Soledad O'Brien's Latino in America at CNN?" "For many Latinos, CNN's Latino in America is not their primary concern; Lou Dobbs is... Many within the Latino community, in particular, feel that Dobbs has used his show to fuel anti-Latino sentiments, contributing to hate crimes against Latinos, as well as ongoing rejection of Latinos within this nation.
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10/21/09 The mounting efforts (including our "Drop Dobbs" TV ad) underway to hold CNN accountable for Lou Dobbs are clearly having an impact. In their coverage of CNN's "Latino in America" series, the Associated Press reports: "CNN is airing a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignores its own commentator Lou Dobbs, whose persistent advocacy against illegal immigration has angered many Hispanics."
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10/15/09 CNN just called to tell us that they won't be airing our ad.
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10/15/09 We came to you with big plans: put a TV commercial on the air, calling on CNN to retire Lou Dobbs and his ugly, race-based rhetoric. Check out the latest version of the ad (we cut it down to 30 seconds).Thanks to your dedication and generosity, we've raised the $16,000 necessary to put our commercial on CNN, along with our partners at DroppDobbs.com! We just put our request in to CNN, and we plan to air the ad during their "Latino in America" series next week.
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10/13/09 Over the past few weeks, a wide coalition of groups – America's Voice included -- have been channeling the growing outrage over CNN's determination to keep controversial host Lou Dobbs in its nightly news lineup. This is especially hypocritical as the network prepares to air it special "Latino in America" series with Soledad O'Brien. According to Marisa Treviño of Latina Lista today, Presente.org and the BastaDobbs.com campaign launched a new video that takes CNN to task.
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10/09/09 I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, "Latino in America" last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the building. I'll get into the details about that in a minute, but what really set me over the edge was when Laura Esquivel, from Media Matters, came up to me and asked if I had heard the latest from Dobbs. I hadn't, so she read me a transcript from his radio show earlier that day. He was talking about a black Chicago community activist who was upset about the President's trip to Chicago the other day. And Dobbs had some advice for the black community about issues in their community: It's a black community problem. And part of the problem is the black community is not being responsible and I mean turning Heaven and Earth to protect our children.
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09/29/09 Every weeknight, CNN airs one full hour of Hate TV -- it's called, "Lou Dobbs Tonight." For 260 hours every year, Dobbs has a bully pulpit from which to spew race-baiting, fear, and intolerance, stamped with the CNN seal of approval.
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