Lou Dobbs: An embarrassment for CNN

The Huffington Post headline is that Lou Dobbs is a publicity nightmare for CNN. Rightardia agrees. Dobb's has been in journalism for 35 years and should have known better than to wade into the 'Birther Conspiracy.'

Perhaps Dobb's ratings were sliding and he thought he needed to be contentious to bring them up. But once ratings drop, well, adios my friend.

From New York Observer:

Mr. Dobbs’ first began reporting on Obama birth certificate conspiracy theories on the night of Wednesday, July 15. In the roughly two weeks since then, from July 15 through July 28, Mr. Dobbs’ 7 p.m. show on CNN has averaged 653,000 total viewers and 157,000 in the 25-54 demo. [...]

Mr. Dobbs’ ratings over the past two weeks, during the height of the “birthers” controversy, are also down significantly compared to his overall numbers during the second quarter of 2009 when he averaged 769,000 total viewers and 222,000 in the 25-54 demo.

Is Dobbs’ credibility forever tainted by this birthers nonsense? This seems to be the case.

Dobb's would probably be happier if he worked for Fox News. Perhaps he will follow in the footsteps of another former CNN nut job, Glen Beck.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/02/lou-dobbs-a-publicity-nig_n_249466.html

http://donklephant.com/2009/07/31/lou-dobbs-ratings-drop-like-theyre-hot/

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