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Louis Carl Dobbs (1945–2024) was a former CNN anchor. He graduated with a degree in economics from Harvard University in 1967, joined CNN in its infancy, and quickly climbed its ranks. Dobbs first started receiving negative scrutiny in the early 2000s by calling the War on Terror a "war against Islamists". His staunchly anti-immigration stance provoked protest by the Hispanic community; despite these views, Dobbs hired illegal immigrants to take care of his daughter's horses.[1] Dobbs was a major conspiracy theorist who made birther noises — first on CNN, for which he was not-quite fired[2] (given a sinecure and a desk by the toilet), and then on his radio show.
He was the host of Lou Dobbs Tonight on Fox Business Network and was one of Donald Trump's most prominent fanboys. Likewise, Dobbs was one of Trump's "favorite media toadies".[3] In 2020, Dobbs stated that Trump's former-National Security Advisor/chickenhawk/neoconservative John Bolton had "been reduced to a tool for the radical Dems" because Bolton dared to insinuate that Trump had violated the Constitution.[4] Fox finally got fed up with his support of election conspiracy theories and other Trumpian bullshit and canceled his show on 5 February 2021.[5] As it turned out, the Fox firing was too little, too late. Fox settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million; Twelve of the twenty defamatory statements in the lawsuit were attributed to Dobbs.[6][7]
See also[edit]
- North American Union, his other favourite conspiracy theory.
- Myths and facts about immigration to the United States
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- ↑ BUSTED: Lou Dobbs Hired Illegal Immigrants To Care For His Horses by Joe Weisenthal (Oct 7, 2010, 5:55 AM) Business Insider.
- ↑ Lou Dobbs, veteran TV news host and conservative commentator, dies at 78 by Nardine Saad and Meg James (July 18, 2024 Updated 4:18 PM PT) Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Trump doesn’t believe his own damaging rants about 'fake news' by Margaret Sullivan (February 4, 2019) The Washington Post.
- ↑ Fox's Lou Dobbs declares John Bolton, veteran of 4 GOP administrations, a 'tool for the left' by Kathryn Krawczyk (28 January 2020) The Week.
- ↑ Stephen Battaglio, Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs’ show; pro-Trump host not expected to be back on air. Los Angeles Times, 5 February 2021.
- ↑ Anti-immigrant hatred led Lou Dobbs into the conspiratorial abyss In one career, a spiral from old-fashioned reporting to dangerous — and actionable — falsehoods. by Erik Wemple (July 20, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT) The Washington Post.
- ↑ Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory by Eric Levenson & Marshall Cohen (April 17, 2023) CNN.