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Police Probe Shot Fired at Home of CNN's Lou Dobbs Thursday , October 29, 2009 By Joshua Rhett Miller A gunshot was fired at the New Jersey home of CNN's Lou Dobbs after a series of threatening phone calls earlier this month, the host told listeners on his nationally syndicated radio show. Dobbs, a fervent proponent of U.S. border enforcement, told listeners of "The Lou Dobbs Show" on Monday that the incident is part of an ongoing assault against anyone who opposes amnesty or leniency toward illegal immigrants.

Here is video of CNN's Lou Dobbs talking with Wolf Blitzer last night about his revelation that shots were fired at his wife and home about three weeks ago. Dobbs was ending his show and passing it off to Blitzer when Blitzer asked Dobbs about the reports. Dobbs said the incident followed months of "threatening phone calls," and were a result of his position on "illegal immigration." Dobbs told Blitzer the New Jersey Patrol is investigating the attack, and he could not say much about it. He also praised CNN Security since the incident, saying they have been "babysitting" him....

Two weeks ago, CNN rejected an advertisement from Media Matters and America's Voice, an immigration reform group, to "drop" host Lou Dobbs because of his immigration views. Today, America's Voice announced that the "Drop Dobbs" ad will get some play in major markets beginning tonight on one of CNN's rivals: It will air during MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."

CNN and talk radio host Lou Dobbs, a strong proponent of U.S. border enforcement, told his radio audience a gunshot was fired into his home after a series of threatening phone calls . "Three weeks ago this morning a shot was fired into my house, my wife was standing there," he said on his nationally syndicated radio show Monday. "This follows weeks and weeks of threatening phone calls." "This shot was fired with my wife not 15 feet away." ........

Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm. But what has gone unsaid by those same voices has been the possibility of violence against those who might take a position antithetical to that of the left. Case and point: CNN's Lou Dobbs. Dobbs, who has been the target of a smear campaign by the left-wing noise machine, told his radio audience on Oct. 26...

The left has said that the right creates an environment that inspires violence. Actually, the Daily Kos is the one that has inspired violence, including shots fired, against Lou Dobbs and his family. Will the NY Times investigate how the Kosters HATE SPEECH creates an atmosphere of hate and violence? This is my opinion.

Lou Dobbs describes his home being shot at.

Here is audio of Lou Dobbs responding to Geraldo Rivera's attacks at a speech he made. Geraldo also attacked Dobbs today on "Brian & The Judge" radio show calling him "the man who's done more to slander Latinos in this country than anyone else." Lou Dobbs said Geraldo "wouldn't know a fact if it hit him in the rear." Dobbs said Geraldo spews "vile stupidity and ignorance everywhere he goes." (Video)

Here is audio of Geraldo Rivera on "Brian & The Judge" calling Lou Dobbs "the man who's done more to slander Latinos in this country than anyone else." Geraldo asked "where is the complaints about CNN and Lou Dobbs from the administration? Don't they care that President Obama would not be President but for the Latino vote? They allow a reporter, or a correspondent, or a commentator to go on the air night after night with profoundly negative stereotypical falsehoods about Latinos and particularly immigrants." (Audio)

Geraldo Rivera on Thursday lambasted Lou Dobbs for the outspoken CNN host's views concerning illegal immigration. Speaking at a luncheon sponsored by El Diario La Prensa NY, Rivera disgracefully said, "Lou Dobbs is almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country." Rivera also told the audience that he had spoken to his boss, and was assured Dobbs was not coming to Fox (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript): CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO "One of the aspects of our reality in the United States now is the...

Here is video of Geraldo Rivera giving a speech in which he rails against CNN's Lou Dobbs for his opposition to illegal immigration and his coverage of border issues. Rivera says Dobbs "is almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young Latino as scapegoat for everything that ails this country." Geraldo also said that rumors of Dobbs being courted to come to Fox News are "absolutely untrue." Rivera says his boss confirmed that Dobbs will not be coming to Fox News. Geraldo also criticized Mitt Romney as a "turncoat" for opposing "comprehensive immigration reform," and said...

Over the weekend, I recounted news that Lou Dobbs may leave CNN for Fox Business. With Fox’s acquisition of John Stossel and Tucker Carlson, NewsCorp entities are well on their way to becoming the home of most conservative television personalities. This leaves CNN with Dobbs, Bill Bennett, Ed Rollins, and sorta Republican David Gergen; MSNBC has Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan. Properly executed, the move could benefit everyone: Dobbs is more ideologically at home with Fox, and FB would gain Dobbs’s unmatched financial reporting and the viewers he would bring to the struggling network. If Dobbs could connect with...

Media Matters and America’s Voice have just launched a campaign to have CNN drop Lou Dobbs over his stance on illegal aliens. You may want to share your thoughts on their YouTube video page. Video: Media Matters Launches Attack on Lou Dobbs

The New York Times reported this week that Lou Dobbs of CNN and leader of The Independent Nation met with Roger Ailes of Fox News last month. Unnamed people familiar with the meeting told the Times, "Mr. Dobbs is a potential hire for the Fox Business Network."

The New York Times reported this week that Lou Dobbs of CNN met with Roger Ailes of Fox News last month. Some sources said, "Mr. Dobbs is a potential hire for the Fox Business Network." Like Glenn Beck before him, he is increasingly out of place in the network Ted Turner founded.

The New York Times reported this week that Lou Dobbs of CNN and leader of The Independent Nation met with Roger Ailes of Fox News last month. Unnamed people familiar with the meeting told the Times, “Mr. Dobbs is a potential hire for the Fox Business Network.� To those of a certain age, Dobbs is as remembered as host of Moneyline (the 7 p.m. lead-in to Crossfire) as he is for his outstanding independent show, and like Glenn Beck before him, he is increasingly out of place at the network Ted Turner founded.

Here is video of a new ad by Media Matters and America's Voice that calls on CNN to drop Lou Dobbs. They have long opposed Dobbs for his stances on Illegal Immigration. It would be great to see Dobbs switch places with Shepherd Smith on Fox News. Another possibility would be to move Glenn Beck to Smith's 7:00 PM EST time slot, and put Dobbs in the slot now occupied by Beck (5:00 PM EST). CNN and Fox News should make the trade! Dobbs reportedly met with Roger Ailes of Fox News recently, and there is consideration of Dobbs being...

In an article that was mostly focused on the conflict between the Obama administration and the Fox News Channel, there was an interesting side note to the escalation of hostilities. Fox Business is allegedly courting CNN’s Lou Dobbs, who had lunch with Fox’s chairman, Roger Ailes, last month, according to The New York Times. Should he jump over to Fox, Dobbs, who has faced an advertisement boycott like his potential colleague Glenn Beck, might find himself in the Obama administration’s sights, like the rest of Fox, which would probably be just fine with him. “We’re going to treat them the...

NY Times' Brian Stelter reports that CNN anchor Lou Dobbs recently met with FNC/FBN chairman Roger Ailes and could be entertaining ideas of leaving CNN and moving Fox Business Network: Mr. Dobbs, an administration critic who calls himself an independent, met for dinner with Roger E. Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the meeting. One of the people said Mr. Dobbs is a potential hire for the Fox Business Network, the ratings starved, two-year-old spin-off of Fox News. Mr. Ailes has shown willingness to raid other networks for Fox Business...

Is Fox News Channel president Roger Ailes about to score another big name personality for his fledgling off-spin business channel? According to The New York Times television and digital media reporter Brian Stelter, News Corp's (NASDAQ:NWS) Fox Business Network is considering adding CNN "Lou Dobbs Tonight" host Lou Dobbs to its lineup. ...more...

Here is video of Lou Dobbs last night commenting on the decision by the Empire State Building to honor the 60th Anniversary of the Communist Revolution in China by lighting the building in the colors of Communist China. Dobbs introduces a report on the decision, and the report then gives all the details. After the report, Dobbs says, "Well, there you have it - America 2009." . . . (VIDEO)

EVERYONE--PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS--IT TELLS ABOUT THE BILL GOING THRU CONGRESS RIGHT NOW REGARDING IMMIGRATION. EVEN CNN IS GETTING UPSET ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!! Pass this on after you watch it. NOTICE THAT THIS IS FROM CNN, NOT FOX!!! This from CNN news: http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/17260182/1610997888/name/ftc-vi26.wmv This 2-minute video should be mandatory viewing for every US citizen. If you have never passed anything on before, pass this on! Every American should be outraged!

Here is video of Lou Dobbs and a panel discussing whether or not the United Nations continues to be effective and relevant for today. Those on the panel who believe the UN is no longer relevant cited the intense corruption present in the organization. They also argued that most UN "Peace-Keeping" operations have been "disasters." It is the United States that has acted to enforce most sanctions and to prevent most wars and conflicts. Those defending the U.N. say it is necessary to have a world body that includes all nations in order to be able to build real security....

This could be dismissed as anti-human - but the theory the environment can be saved by encouraging the use of birth control is one that has been popular with media some environmentalists. CNN's Lou Dobbs certainly hasn't shied away from the idea. On his Sept. 21 broadcast, Dobbs revisited an early report that the true path to environmental salvation wasn't by curbing greenhouse gas, but instead by subscribing to a Malthusian theory that slowing the growth of human population was the best path. "We have more tonight on a story that we first brought to you last month, Dobbs said....

Here is audio of Lou Dobbs today on his radio show saying MSNBC is a "left wing shill operation" where "news goes to die." That is a very apt description of the state of things there. . . . (AUDIO)

One of the country’s leading Hispanic organizations is launching a campaign designed to pressure CNN to rein in host Lou Dobbs. The organization behind the campaign, Democracia Ahora, is kicking off the effort Friday with the release of a report based on interviews with 100 Hispanic leaders about the impact of Dobbs’ evening show. The results of the report are not surprising – 90 percent of the interviewees believe Dobbs is helping create a negative image of Hispanics, with his frequent criticisms of illegal immigration. But Democracia Ahora is hoping the report inspires a grassroots movement aimed at executives at...

The "Hold their Feet to The Fire" rally, a joint effort by the Federation For American Immigration Reform and Radio America and KOGO-San Diego host Roger Hedgecock, this week is featuring live broadcasts from Washington, D.C., by almost 50 local and syndicated radio talkers. The event is meant to bring attention to certain controversial issues concerning illegal immigration. NTS MediaOnline (09/14)

This from CNN news: Dobbs on CNNA must view video of Lou Dobbs expounding on the outrageous Immigration Legislation our un-American Congress members want to push through.

Here is video from Lou Dobbs where he covered the dismissive attitude many Democrats have toward Americans who are speaking out against President Obama's drive to pass Government Health Care. Dobbs said it is the party in the White House that seems to object most to "public scrutiny" and criticism. The more the Democrats are dismissive in their attitudes toward the public, the more angry average Americans become. . . . (Watch Video)

The 24-page report released this month by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) entitled, “The Second Wave: Return of the Militia” is sweeping in its indictment. In it, police officers, soldiers, veterans, tax defiers, Patriots, tea party members, right-wing militias, “birthers” and sovereign citizen proponents are all said to exhibit elements of a resurging anti-government movement that reached it’s zenith in the mid-1990’s and spiraled out of control with violence and domestic terrorism. A number of national and local citizens groups are called out in the report — the National Rifle Association, Minutemen, Oath Keepers — as well as mainstream...

Lou Dobbs - you can love him or hate, but sometimes he makes a point that will get your attention. The CNN host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" gave his evaluation of MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann on his Aug. 11 radio show. According to Dobbs, Olbermann was a neophyte until MSNBC gave him a primetime show in 2003. "First, I want to share with you something that just, I mean shocks me," Dobbs said. "Over at MSNBC, Keith Olbermann is their resident moron over there. He knows nothing about politics, nothing about economics. He has never covered politics until they...

Lou Dobbs, a longtime anchor for CNN has recently come under fire from the left. In 2007, Dobbs led the charge against immigration reform legislation--which, if passed, would have given amnesty to over 12 million immigrants who are living in America illegally. More recently, the host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" addressed questions regarding President Barack Obama's citizenship. Dobbs was the only mainstream media type who gave attention to a story which has been simmering beneath the surface ever since Obama announced his presidential candidacy. While watching his show the other night, I would have sworn I had the FOX NEWS...

Lou Dobbs - you can love him or hate, but sometimes he makes a point that will get your attention. The CNN host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" gave his evaluation of MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann on his Aug. 11 radio show. According to Dobbs, Olbermann was a neophyte until MSNBC gave him a primetime show in 2003. ...more (w/audio)...

Calls MSNBC a corporate gift to the Democratic Party "That pathetic moron, I got to tell you he truly is pathetic and normally I would ignore him but he has insulted my wife, my daughters, he's not man enough to take me on...How in the world does General Electric rationalize keeping a psychotic that has no boundaries, no sense of decency about him. I am in the public arena...He is in desperate need of a recalibration of his medicine... Calls MSNBC a disgrace...

Lou Dobbs hits the bullseye, Olbermann is a pathetic moron, He attacked Dobbs wife and kids on his Countdown to no ratings show...Well done Lou!!!

To the Oscars, the Grammys and the Emmys, you can now add a wonderful new distinction: the Dobbies. Awarded by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Dobbies, named after CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, honor the year's greatest declaration of bigotry, chauvinism and plain stupidity. My candidate for the Dobbies this year is the "birther" movement, which claims that President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is not kosher, and, therefore, he may not have been born on American soil. Was he even born in American airspace? Was he even born in American outer space? Good questions, all raised by this supposedly dubious...

Simon Rosenberg, president of the National Democratic Network (NDN), says CNN’s Lou Dobbs should leave CNN and go to work for Fox News Channel. Rosenberg made the remark Tuesday during a panel discussion on immigration reform at NDN’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. “I hope that one thing we can all agree with today is that it’s time to get Lou Dobbs off CNN and put him on FOX where he belongs, I think – just like Glenn Beck,” he told the audience. “I mean, I think Glenn Beck has paved the trail for Lou Dobbs, and I hope that we...

Here is video last night of CNN's Lou Dobbs joking with reporter Candy Crowley after she said the word "birther" on his broadcast as she made the point that the White House is trying to discredit protesters at ObamaCare Town Hall Meetings by saying they are all members of "fringe" groups. After she used the word "birther," Dobbs interrupted saying, "Oh God, don't say 'birther' whatever you do, not on this broadcast." Dobbs has been under fire for reporting on the Obama Birth Certificate controversy, even to the point that some have called for CNN to fire him for doing...

Here is video of Lou Dobbs last night talking with a panel about the opposition to ObamaCare being voiced at Town Hall Meetings around the country. Dobbs points out that the Democratic talking points yesterday focused on trying to say that the opposition at these Health Care Forums and Town Hall Meetings are synthetic - "astroturf" - protests; in other words - not for real. You heard that line from multiple sources yesterday, including the liberal media. But it is clear that it is for real. Dobbs also asked the question, "Who is trying to stop debate of the issue...

Lou Dobbs, and his network, have been receiving a lot of criticism lately for the host's promotion of a debunked conspiracy theory. But Dobbs has a new ally: actor and former Mike Huckabee supporter Chuck Norris. Norris writes: "I agree with CNN's Lou Dobbs, who was chastised by his own media outlet for demanding the release of your original birth certificate."

NEW YORK – He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's "no bias" brand. And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping. How does Lou Dobbs keep his job? It's not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite calls for his head from critics of his reporting on "birthers" — those who believe President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary. The "birthers" believe Obama was born in Kenya, and thus not eligible to be...

EC interviews Vanderbilt professor, author, CNN contributor, and Huffington Post blogger Carol Swain, who has found herself in the middle of the Obama birth certificate controversy by calling for Obama to honor his promises of transparency and release the darn birth certificate!

Here is video of a Media Matters ad attacking CNN's Lou Dobbs for his coverage of the Obama Birth Certificate Controversy. The ad ends with urging viewers to tell "the most trusted name in news" (CNN) there is nothing "legitimate about racially charged paranoia." As far as I know, neither Lou Dobbs nor anyone else that has investigated the President's birth certificate have ever said anything about race. It's Media Matters that is overtly trying to make this about race, which is the usual M.O. of the far Left and the Liberal Media. They also leave out the fact that...

If you understand the importance of discrediting the MSM and you're willing to help me show that CNN lied by making a phone call, please read on. Note that, while this issue involves birthcertificate, you don't have to believe any "birther theories", all you have to do is want to show that CNN lied. On the 17th of last month, Kitty Pilgrim of CNN said (transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0907/17/ldt.01.html): The Republican governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, on record, she says Obama was indeed born in her state... I've searched and searched and searched and I haven't been able to find any sort of...

After years of ducking complaints about his occasionally offensive coverage, Lou Dobbs, host of CNN's Lou Dobbs show, may finally see either the end of his days of pretty much getting away with whatever "fact" he puts out, or the end of his show altogether. As one who went on a video attack regarding his economic views a while back - see below - I'm glad to see it. But Lou's idiotic views on the economy pale in comparison to his use of story angles from white supremacists groups, even to the point of using websites representing such views as...

NEW YORK (Aug. 3) -- He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's "no bias" brand. And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping. How does Lou Dobbs keep his job? It's not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite calls for his head from critics of his reporting on "birthers" — those who believe President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary. The "birthers" believe Obama was born in Kenya, and thus not eligible...

The folks over at Media Matters are going negative ... against CNN. Specifically, they've bought airtime on MSNBC, Fox News and, ahem, CNN to run an ad criticizing the venerable cable network for Lou Dobbs' habit of treating the Birther conspiracy movement as legitimate. Here's the fun part: They've bought time during Dobbs' show. As Greg Sargent points out, that puts CNN in the position of airing an anti-Dobbs during his show, or killing it and creating a bigger story. My first question was: Are they running the ad in the south? The answer according to Sargent is they're running...

The Associated Press is wrong and Lou Dobbs is right. This past weekend, the AP published a story entitled "CNN's Dobbs Under Fire for Hosting 'Birthers'". The AP began their highly critical story on Dobbs: "He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's 'no bias' brand." And what is Dobbs' "crime?" He has said on air that Obama should release his birth certificate and has had on his show guests who suggested Obama was born outside the U.S. Dobbs does not believe Obama was born outside the U.S.,...

Just when you thought 24/7 cable news TV couldn't get stranger, starting Tuesday night, viewers are likely to see advertisements on CNN "attacking" Lou Dobbs during his prime-time show on the same cable channel. And if that simply seems to be one more instance of the polarizing rhetoric and toxic nastiness of cable news TV, it's not. Dobbs has become a real problem for CNN, and a liberal media watchdog organization has found a way to highlight what it sees as reckless behavior by Dobbs. Dobbs has consistently been lending credence to the "birthers" movement, which claims President Barack Obama...

He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's "no bias" brand. And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping. How does Lou Dobbs keep his job? It's not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite calls for his head from critics of his reporting on "birthers" - those who believe President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary. The "birthers" believe Obama was born in Kenya, and thus not eligible to be president. Dobbs' work...