After months of advocacy groups breathing down his neck - well more like strangling his neck - Dobbs left, seemingly on his own. His speech is about as dramatic and weighted has his sudden resignation - with words full of hope for a society gone astray. Pledges of true and honest reporting came from the guy who blamed illegal immigrants for a huge rise in leprosy - 7,000 cases in 3 years! Which of course was completely made up. This guy's a piece of work.
His speech seemed like a call to action against partisanship and ideology even though over the last year, Dobbs had consistently been lending credence to the "birthers" movement - the Obama-made-in-Africa crazies - who's debate might have bubbled away under the radar if he had not given them the privilege of mainstream airing on Lou Dobbs Tongiht.
Dobbs is a microcosm for what is wrong with media today. I wouldn't be surprised if Dobbs got a job at Fox next where the lines are blurred between opinion and fact and "fair reporting" goes to whatever story brings in the viewers. Of course, not all shows are like this but viewers should always be wary. Dobbs' "willing" resignation is a example of media watchdogs like Media Matters and other advocacy groups getting things done and making a difference - it is step in the right direction so congrats CNN!
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