Advocates against illegal immigration are dropping their support for Lou Dobbs, after the conservative commentator said he would attempt to “reach out” to groups such as La Raza in his bid for political office. The fallout comes after Dobbs, who left his CNN television show two weeks ago, spoke with Hispanic-American cable television news outlet Telemundo.

... 39;s surprise announcement that our great foe, Lou Dobbs, was leaving the powerful national platform of CNN. A ... of Rep. Joe Wilson, the spiraling rhetoric of Dobbs, Limbaugh and other right wingers that we at NDN said enough. We have to do something. We need to fight back against ... the web address, and conceived of the strategy and simple name - Drop Dobbs. Working with Media Matters' remarkable ...

... 39;s "History of Hate." This Drop Dobbs campaign has been taken up by a number of radical organizations, ... Center will make the dimity of humanity manifest. Dobbs quit on the air; you can read the transcript of it all here. It' ... economy, I will strive as well to be a leader in that national conversation. It would appear as though Dobbs' true reason for leaving is that his " ...

... shifts transforming media. But at another level, the victory over Dobbs shows that our community is mobilized like never before. It reflects how we have taken important ... technology or organizing capabilities of Presente.org, Drop Dobbs, DemocraciaUSA, NDN, America' ... immigrant rights movement that mobilized to defeat Dobbs. But that's for tomorrow. For now, let us commemorate this historic event ...

... efforts of progressive activists who were leading the Drop Dobbs, Tell CNN Enough Is Enough, and Basta Dobbs campaigns aimed at pressuring CNN to hold Dobbs to journalistic standards. ThinkProgress has always focused on media accountability. ... Some recent examples: – This summer, ThinkProgress reported that Dobbs had joined the birther movement and claimed President Obama might ...

... the great issues of our day, and to continue to do so, in the most honest and direct way possible.” Dobbs said CNN president Jon Klein is letting him out of his contract ... haven't been discussions). Also, Media Matters, and other groups, have targeted Dobbs for his immigration views. Recently, there's been a "Drop Dobbs" campaign aimed at getting the CNN host off the air. ...

... PLAYS: (2315) Gosh. Looks like we won't have Lou Dobbs to kick around anymore. Except, of course, for when he lands that fat Fox Business Channel gig. In ... to compel his ouster at CNN -- including Basta Dobbs, Drop Dobbs, and America's Voice -- should take a bow as well. While ...

... by Dave Gosh. Looks like we won't have Lou Dobbs to kick around anymore. Except, of course, for when he lands that fat Fox Business Channel ... his ouster at CNN -- including Basta Dobbs, Drop Dobbs, and America's Voice -- should take a bow as ... daily deluge of disinformation and fearmongering is so immense now that it makes Dobbs' contributions shrink to insignificance. But it's ...

Was it the Drop Dobbs campaign? An offer from Fox? Something else? Dobbs’ on-air announcement that he’s leaving CNN is here. The CNN commentator has chosen to move in ... reports the NY Times. NYT’s David Leonhardt cautions that the point is not that Dobbs was controversial, but that he was untruthful. Media Matters is one of the organizations tracking his ...

... President Obama's birth certificate, sources said yesterday. Dobbs, who will be replaced on the network by veteran Washington political correspondent John ... m. time slot. Christopher Sadowski DROP ANCHOR: Lou Dobbs, last night at home in New Jersey, announced ... been pretty bad." CNN had also long been asking Dobbs, known for his tough stance on immigration, to tone down his harsh rhetoric. ...

... Post are reporting that Lou Dobbs was warned in July of this year to drop birther stories about the president, ... attempts of those higher up to silence them when they are in pursuit of the truth, but Dobbs was doing this in an attempt to prove that Barack Obama was born ... 9 million. So, he was willing to sacrifice $9 million rather than drop this nonsense about Obama and Kenya. And there's worse ...

... longer cover the story, although he rescinded that a few days later. In the end, though, Dobbs’ birther obsession hurt him in the ratings. ... Klein’s memo to employees of “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” Klein’s move incensed ... CNN President Backs Down, Won’t Stop Lou Dobbs From Airing Birther Nonsense CNN President To Lou Dobbs: Drop The Birther Story It Turns Out Lou Dobbs ...

... story told by the New York Post this morning, which reported that Dobbs' coverage of the phony controversy surrounding ... Matters was also a lead partner in the Drop Dobbs Coalition, educating Dobbs' advertisers about his incendiary ... theories with no basis in fact. You can go all the way back to 2005, when Dobbs' correspondents first started reporting that undocumented ...

... president could stop him either. It's a tragicomic tale, when you think about it. Dobbs, after 30 years of success on cable news, ... Matters was also a lead partner in the Drop Dobbs Coalition, educating Dobbs' advertisers about his incendiary ... theories with no basis in fact. You can go all the way back to 2005, when Dobbs' correspondents first started reporting that undocumented ...

... early from his contract. "This will be my last broadcast," he said. Dobbs said the decision came after months of discussion with CNN U. ... group Media Matters, which had urged CNN to drop Dobbs, also welcomed the news. "This is a happy ... Campbell Brown's CNN show, which followed Dobbs in prime-time, according to the Nielsen Co. ___ CNN ...