Lou Dobbs heading to Fox? (where he belongs)

[kpete]

Lou Dobbs heading to Fox Business?

The New York Times’ Brian Stetler reports that Fox News is relishing its position as the leading voice of partisan opposition to Obama. Fox’s senior vice president for programming, Bill Shine, says of the criticism from the White House, “Every time they do it, our ratings go up.” Stetler reports that Fox is trying to bolster its oppositional forces by adding CNN’s Lou Dobbs to its roster:

***Certainly, Fox continues to aggressively bolster its on-air talent, most recently with the hiring of John Stossel, the libertarian investigative journalist from ABC News, for its spin-off channel, Fox Business. The business channel is also keen on another administration critic, Lou Dobbs, who met for dinner with Mr. Ailes last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the meeting.

Dobbs would of course be a natural fit for the Fox News network. He has given inordinate airtime to the “birther” conspiracies and mused about whether President Obama himself is “undocumented.” CNN might be content to part with Dobbs, given that he has become a “publicity nightmare” for the network.

Update Rachel Sklar: "Dobbs, for his part, has shown that he has no problem picking fights; it only makes sense for him to find a home at a network where they do, too."
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/is-lou-dobbs-going-to-fox/

more:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/12/dobbs-fox-business/


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all

[blueworld]

1. How about a package deal? Send Bunny Blitzer & Nancy Grace with him. n/t

[ginnyinWI]

2. Fox Business?? haha!

That network is so bad they took it off our lineup. Good grief. I guess he's close to retirement, anyway.

I remember when Aaron Brown was kicked off CNN in favor of Anderson Cooper--now that was a loss. I saw him resurface recently on PBS's "Wide Angle".

[rd_kent]

3. hahaha! Move to a channel that has no viewers? Brilliant!

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Shep Smith your days are numbered.

So who should CNN replace Dobbs with?

[ErinBerin84]

5. sounds good to me

CNN always pushed the "Fox=MSNBC, while WE are the only objective ones", while completely ignoring the stink coming from Dobbs.

[area51]

6. "natural fit"

He wouldn't completely be a natural fit; though I don't have cable, I've heard Lou Dobbs is against offshoring, which the nazi party loves.