At press time it’s much too early to know the true reasons why, on November 11, Lou Dobbs unceremoniously left his post as a primetime anchor and analyst on CNN.

Speculation is running rampant, and many people believe that his exit was not of his doing. The common sentiment is that he was forced out by CNN management who were caving-in to the controversy created by his ongoing crusade against illegal immigration. Similarly, he may have decided to end his show to guarantee the safety of him and his family from real threats posed by his detractors.

Either way, it’s a huge victory for the internationalists and Washington’s power brokers who, no matter what side of the aisle they are on, are proponents of broken and open borders. Dobbs had represented the only voice in the television press who rightly addressed America’s failures in securing the border, past, present, and future. Now with him out of the way, they can continue, almost unabated, their drive to assimilate illegal immigrants into the American landscape while, at the same time and through the same methods, chipping away at America’s unique identity and assimilating our nation into the international landscape.

His well-meaning pursuits had left Dobbs a marked man. It was only one month ago that Dobbs’ wife was nearly struck by an assassin’s bullet while at home in rural New Jersey. The bullet missed Mrs. Dobbs by a mere 15 feet. Not surprisingly, mainstream media — like the New York Times — downplayed the incident and reported the attempted murder as a shot at the Dobbs house itself and said the bullet may have only been a stray from a hunter’s gun. Not coincidentally, that nearly deadly attack was preceded by months of threatening phone calls, which came to an end immediately after the gunshot. In a similar vein, a fire had been set on the Dobbs property during the summer.

On his radio show in the weeks that followed, Dobbs attributed the violence and vandalism to supporters of illegal immigration who have dehumanized the commentator. During his October 30 show, he observed, “Fringe ethnocentric groups have been calling for my head, figuratively.” It’s apparent that the miscreants took it quite literally.

If this was not the sole reason for Dobbs’ sudden retirement from 30 years of employment at CNN, it was definitely one of the contributing factors, which no doubt was joined by pressures exerted by the same organizations who may have incited the attacks on the Dobbs family.

First in line to assume responsibility for his departure was none other than Media Matters for America, the left-wing thinktank that prides itself on “comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media” (in other words, providing counterclaims to and nonfactual information against conservative values and practices). By 7:44 p.m. Eastern on November 11 (not even three-quarters of the way through the Lou Dobbs Show), Media Matters sent out a brief news release quoting its president as saying, "For too long, CNN provided Lou Dobbs with its stamp of approval as he pursued a dangerous, one-sided and all too often false conspiracy tinged crusade against immigrants. 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."

The following day Media Matters issued a more detailed puff piece that began with this smear: “Since CNN's Lou Dobbs first began spreading false, racially charged conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate in July of this year, Media Matters for America has published 299 research items, video/audio clips, column, and blog posts about his misinformation and hate speech.”

Media Matters, an organization that supposedly prides itself on truthfulness, inaccurately cited Dobbs as the propagator of what became known as the “Birther Movement”. While on CNN he never theorized that the President may not have been born in the United States. Instead, he only covered and reported on the various people and organizations that were pursuing the possible conspiracy. Even CNN’s president Jonathan Klein, who was often at odds with Dobbs, verified that Dobbs' coverage was "all about the phenomenon of doubters."

But that was only part of Media Matters message. Throughout the follow-up article, beyond just the hateful opening assault, they alleged that Dobbs is “racially-charged” and exudes “hate speech.” By doing so, Media Matters is guilty of inane hyperbole, crass manipulation, and the same narrow-mindedness they claim to battle.

Media Matters claimed that Dobbs lost his job because he discussed illegal immigration far too often (isn’t this a direct result of other news sources failing to cover this subject?), incited hate groups (aren’t hate groups guilty of threatening his family?), hosted “too many” conservatives (where is the uproar over CNN’s Situation Room hosting too many liberals?), and cited Mexico as an enemy (isn’t it they who have silently invaded our country?). The organization went so far as to marginalize one of Dobbs’ other crusades (and, just like illegal immigration, also a crusade of liberty-loving organizations like the John Birch Society), his attempt to shine light on the North American Union. Media Matters called his assessment a “wild conspiracy theory,” rather than addressing the reality of this threat on American sovereignty.

Media Matters chose to pat itself on the back for the collapse of the Lou Dobbs Show. The organization admitted it took a lead role in the Drop Dobbs Coalition (DropDobbs.com) and worked behind the scenes with major corporations to stop advertising during his television show. They also claimed success via ads that ran on opposing cable networks, calling for Dobbs to “be held accountable.” They also bragged of the nearly quarter million hits that their anti-Dobbs ads and videos received on a variety of websites.

That very same day, Media Matters’ cheers were joined by those of the hate group National Council of La Raza, which is known for promoting illegal immigration and amnesty while putting the Latino race above all others. Their press release predictably said they hoped “this resignation begins to undo the climate of intolerance fostered against the Latino community, restore journalistic integrity to the CNN brand, and bring civility and truth back to the immigration debate.” Those words are spun in such a way to identify as racists all who want our broken borders fixed or insist on bringing truth to the subject.

Ironically, the CNN brand will lose — not restore — its journalistic integrity through what was probably a forced resignation by Lou Dobbs. By succumbing to naysayers who may not agree with his legal and practical approach to the hot-button issue of illegal immigration, CNN is allowing only one side (the illegal and impractical side) of the argument to take over. That is a horrible situation not only for political discourse in America, but for the future sovereignty and safety of our people. Unchecked, illegal immigration and its horrible outcomes will persist until America reaches its breaking point. 

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Lee Gonzales said:

No "unbeliever" you are incorrect.. A hit job is a hit job and to try to paint the CNN network execs as anything but favroing the side of the CFR "Internationalists" is silliness on your part. The enemies of Dobbs could not argue with him and he often invited them on his show to sit face to face with him and all they could do is resort to cliches! All that the racists who run hate-spilling outfits like La Raza can do is to resort to personal attacks. The hate groups get funding from international corporatist "tax exempt foundations" like Ford Foundation to stir up their lies and to stop anyone that stands in the way of their internationalist agenda. Naturally they aren't going to like someone like Lou Dobbs pointing out their conspiracy on a cable news show. No one who is sneaking around trying to destroy America with a North American Union / SPP is going to get very far with lies that the merging of police powers is only cooperation between 3 countries and it that the SPP won't lead to a merging of economic and political systems. Anyone who buys the "there ain't no conspiracy theory" has got to be lying or is one of easiest persons to fool on the planet. This video is an interview of Norman Dodd who actually talked face to face with one of the Ford Foundation men who told him point blank that the goal was to "so alter life" in the United States that it can merge with other countries. http://www.jbs.org/news-center/birchtube/407- The+Hidden+Agenda+of+Tax+Exempt+Foundations+for+World+G overnment?userid=94

November 13, 2009

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Michael said:

Restore the Rule of Law As I see it our politicians have sold out this country to the invading hoards of foreign nationals for votes. This point is made clear in this article and many others on this issue wherein politicians have to pander to special interest groups to be elected even when they know it is wrong and illegal. This criminal invasion by people south of the border is not helping this country but destroying it at all levels and that is a fact. These invaders are lawless people that come from lawless countries and amnesty will reinforce their criminality. They don’t understand why we have laws because breaking the law is their country is the norm and not the exception. These people will break any law that stands in their way and call it a right and encouraged to do so by special interest groups because for them it is all about race. These Hispanic groups could care less about what is good for this country if it serves their racist views and goals. They invaded this country and then cry racism when they are caught. The fact is this nation is great because of our laws and that the majority of our people are willing to follow them. Hispanics think and tout that they are such hard workers (while their countries remain in shambles) and that this country could not survive without them. The fact is this country was built without them and it would be a far better place without them now. Immigration is a wonderful thing when it is controlled. Rethink why we have laws and what they mean. Illegal immigration is wrong and bad for everyone. Deport every man woman and child that is here illegally and restore the rule of law.

November 13, 2009

jim said:

... I hope Lou will take the advice of all his fans and run for office..with all the followers and fans will get elected...we need people like him, ron paul, rand paul and peter schiff to get the country back

November 13, 2009

Charles Byrd said:

Inevitable I saw this coming for the last two years. Telling the truth about globalism and the immigration crisis and raising questions about Barack Obama's elligibility are not very conducive to a career in the establishment media. I also think Glenn Beck running afoul of Rupert Murdoch is a matter of when, not if.

November 13, 2009

Still Free said:

Run for office, Mr. Dobbs--you have many followers and they will all vote for you! Lou Dobbs -- Another brave soul ... I hope a Conservative show puts him on ... one of the few lone voices in the wilderness! Yes, Mr. Gonzales, you are correct that the opponents of Mr. Dobbs would never "sit face to face with him" because (a) they don't have the guts for that (as exhibited by the fact that they are NOT in the military); and (b) they at least have enough sense to know that they would LOSE hands down. They KNOW they are wrong. To them, it is not about being right or even about being legal, it's only about implementing THEIR agenda. Anyone who stands in their way is g-o-n-e. WAKE UP AMERICA and for heaven's sake, turn off CNN.

November 13, 2009

Joshua said:

Globalists are Running Scared The British have already awakened to the threat of globalization, as evidenced by the British National Party's rise to power. The Globalists will be sure stop anything like that from happening in the US by hindering anything that resembles nationalism or protectionism. Lou Dobbs, Public Citizen (Ralph Nader), and Chuck Baldwin will all be targets.

November 14, 2009

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Plain Old American said:

... Please take note that John Doe has reiterated every lie that Dobbs ever spoke in his brief post. Doe has also very carefully refuted every one of those lies. Not !

November 19, 2009

Peri Mcmillan said:

... I had always trusted Lou Dobbs because he spoke the truth. There are very few people I admire but he was one of them until the reports started coming out now that he is now FOR Amnesty. I'd always thought I knew what side he was on but not any more. In addition, I was very distressed to hear this news. To my way of thinking, he's simply another sell-out, just another Traitor to the American people and our country.

November 25, 2009

Lairwarrior said:

... I think he left because of the threats against him and his family. The shots at his home could have been closer then we thought or were reported. Or maybe he received a bloody horse head in his bed from the drug cartels. What if the drug cartels have someone in his family. He looks and sounds like he is fighting with himself. He looks like he is saying things someone has made him say. I will wait to pass judgment on him. As for LA RAZA and goons from Mexico, they are vicious. Where are the men of this country to let happen what has happened to America.

November 26, 2009