Louis Carl Dobbs (born September 24, 1945) is an American television character, author, radio host, and news carrier Lou Dobbs Tonight at the Fox Business Network.
Dobbs worked with CNN since its inception in 1980, serving as a reporter and vice president. He was the host and editor for CNN's Moneyline, aired in 1980 and named Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003. Dobbs resigned from CNN in 1999, joining back in 2001, and resigned in November 2009. In 2011, he continued holding Lou Dobbs Tonight on the Fox Business Network. He previously hosted the indicated USRN radio show, Lou Dobbs Radio , and has written several books since 2001.
Dobbs describes himself as an "independent populist" and is known for his pro-Trump coverage, anti-illegal-immigration views, promotion of conspiracy theories of birfism, and opposition to NAFTA.
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Family background and life
Born in Childress County, Texas, Dobbs is the son of Frank Dobbs, a propane business owner, and Lydia Mae (nÃÆ' Â © e Hensley), a bookkeeper. When Dobbs was 12 years old, his father's propane business failed and his family moved to Rupert, Idaho. He attended Minico High School in Minidoka County, where he played on the soccer team, played sousaphone in the band, and served as student body president. Although accepted at the University of Idaho and Idaho State University, he was persuaded by staff at Minico High to enroll at Harvard University, where he was accepted and then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1967.
After graduation, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C., then returned to Idaho. He briefly attended law school at UI's Law Faculty in Moscow, Idaho and later worked as a cash management specialist for Union Bank of California in Los Angeles. He married his high school lover in 1969, and in 1970 their first son was born. Dobbs moved to Yuma, Arizona, and got a job as a police officer and a fire reporter for KBLU. In the mid-1970s he became a television host and reporter in Phoenix, and he later joined KING-TV in Seattle. In 1979, he was contacted by a recruiter for Ted Turner, who was in the process of forming CNN. Dobbs divorced his first wife in 1981 and is now married to Debi Lee Segura, a former CNN sports anchor. The couple raised four children together. Dobbs is on a 300-acre horse farm (1.2 km km) in Wantage Township, New Jersey.
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Careers
CNN
Dobbs joined CNN when it was launched in 1980, serving as its chief economic correspondent and as the host of CNN's Moneyline business news program. Dobbs also serves as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of the CNN executive committee. He founded CNN fn (CNN financial news), served as his president and underpins the Unusual Business program, which examines business creativity and leadership.
Space.com's departure and establishment
Dobbs repeatedly clashed with Rick Kaplan, who became CNN's president in 1997. Dobbs said Kaplan, a friend of President Bill Clinton, "is clearly partisan" and "encourages the Clinton stories", while Kaplan says Dobbs is "a very difficult man. " working with".
On April 20, 1999, CNN was covering Clinton's speech in Littleton, Colorado, after the Columbine High School massacre. Dobbs ordered producers to cut off the conversation and re-broadcast Moneyline . Dobbs countered by Kaplan, who ordered CNN to return to the speech. Kaplan then said, "Tell me what journalistic reason does not exist to cover the president at Columbine immediately after the shooting? Everybody does it." Dobbs announced in the air that "CNN President Rick Kaplan wants us back to Littleton". A few days later, Dobbs announced that he left the network to start Space.com, a website devoted to astronautical news. Dobbs was later replaced as host of Moneyline by Willow Bay and Stuart Varney.
Return to CNN
Kaplan left CNN in August 2000, and Dobbs returned the following year, on the orders of his friend and CNN's founder, Ted Turner, to host and manage the editor of the new news program and which was initially more popular Lou Dobbs Reporting , which later became CNN News Sunday Morning . He also regained the wheel of the new name Loudbobber's Lou Dobbs Tonight in June 2003).
Sign out of CNN
On the November 11, 2009 issue of Lou Dobbs Tonight's broadcast, Dobbs announced his immediate departure from CNN, ending a nearly thirty-year career on the network, citing plans to "pursue new opportunities". CNN President Jon Klein said that Dobbs's departure was not the result of an organized opposition against Dobbs's point of view.
In July 2009, the controversy surrounding Dobbs began when he became the only major carrier to give airtime on birther conspiracy theory. Some liberal advocacy groups, including Media Matters, and the Center for Southern Poverty Law criticized Dobbs for reporting it. The controversy eventually led CNN President Jon Klein to control Dobbs through an internal memorandum. In September, advocates challenged Dobbs for appearing at a conference of the FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform), a leading anti-illegal immigration group. Several campaigns were launched, including "Drop Dobbs" (NDN, Media Matters), and "Basta Dobbs" (Presente.org).
The campaigns also attacked CNN for alleged hypocrisy against the Latins, citing CNN's Latino in America specifically as incompatible with their ongoing support of Dobbs. The campaign generated a considerable anti-Dobbs press, and was credited by some as pushing Dobbs out.
Dobbs reportedly paid $ 8 million in severance pay when he left CNN before his contract expired for renewal.
After Dobbs left CNN in 2009, he gave an interview where he did not rule out the possibility of running for president of the United States in 2012, saying the final decision would be to rest with his wife. Former Senator Dean Barkley said he thought Dobbs should run for president.
Radio
From 2009 to 2012, Dobbs hosted Lou Dobbs Radio at United Stations Radio Networks. The three-hour daily show has affiliates in several major markets, including its flagship station (WOR) in New York City, Washington DC (WHFS), Miami (WZAB-AM) and San Francisco Bay Area (KDOW), as well as stations such as WGNY-AM in Newburgh, New York. The event is a political discussion and a guest-centered listener and showcase. It aired from 2 to 5 pm East, directly competing with The Sean Hannity Show, The Tom Sullivan Show and The Dave Ramsey Show. Dobbs also hosts the Lou Dobbs Minute financial show on the same network.
In June 2008, Dobbs reached an agreement with Business Talk Radio Network to hold a re-broadcast of the show from 7 pm. until 10 pm Eastern night, displacing Bruce Williams. Dobbs performances are also broadcast live on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks.
Dobbs is one of the hosts who tried for a position left by the cancellation of Imus in the Morning in WFAN, a position eventually filled by Boomer and Carton in the Morning . Dobbs said at his radio show that he was looking for a position at the US Treasury Department during the economic crisis. He states that he believes he can "do better than a clown who is currently in a position."
Dobbs is also a regular columnist in Money magazine, US. News & amp; World Report , and New York Daily News .
Current events on Fox Business Network
On November 10, 2010, Fox Business Network announced that Dobbs will host events on the channel. The network announced on March 3, 2011 the start date, the show's title, and the new Dobbs show time slot. Titled Lou Dobbs Tonight the program debuted on March 14, 2011, airing at 7 pm Eastern. It was the same title and time as the old CNN show Dobbs showed.
Other appearances
Since 2009, Dobbs has made regular appearances to address issues in other news network programs including CNBC
Political and controversial views
Dobbs is a lifelong Republican. However, he was later listed as an Independent after a break with the Bush Administration. Dobbs is known for his anti-immigration views, warnings about Islamic terror, and his opposition to free trade. He is known for his pro-Trump coverage. According to The Daily Beast , by 2018, Dobbs has been transformed into "a populist fighter and a conservative nationalist culture with vigor".
Birtherism
Dobbs promoted the false conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. His willingness to raise the issue of "birther" repeatedly even though CNN himself regarded it as a "discredited rumor", led the Washington Post TV critic to state that this "explains their upcoming documentary:" World: Flat. We Reported - You Decided. 'This problem arose in 2008 during the Presidential campaign, and has largely disappeared from the media spotlight until Dobbs raised the issue again.His statements to support this conspiracy theory were dubbed "racist" and "libelous" by the Center for Southern Poverty Law. it caused Media Matters to show a critical ad to Dobbs and CNN, and Jon Stewart mocked Dobbs on the Comedy Central television series that satirized The Daily Show. The New York Times said that Dobbs has "become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassing his boss and hosting an event that appears to be in conflict with the network's 'no bias' brand." As a result, he is a frequent target of MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann's Worst person in the World.
Immigration
Dobbs strongly opposes immigration programs and illegal foreign workers such as the H-1B visa program and guest workers program. In a 2006 article, Dobbs expressed frustration at the failed legislation to build "a southern border fence to stop the flow of illegal aliens and drugs on our borders." He argues that "the real victims of American corporate desire for cheap labor" are "American male and female workers, all taxpayers."
The Dobbs show has made a false factual claim, such as one of the illegal immigrants responsible for carrying 7,000 new cases of leprosy to the United States in a three-year period, during which the actual period is over the past thirty years. In dealing with the problem of leprosy, Dobbs in May 2007 compared his criticisms of the left and right political spectrum with "communes" and "fascists."
Dobbs has criticized local officials for their approach to border security. In October 2007, he labeled the New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, an "idiot" to advocate for the issuance of a driver's license for illegal immigrants. Hillary Clinton called Dobbs' dark immigrant segment "all hot air."
At about 10:30 am on October 5, 2009, a bullet hit Dobbs's house when his wife stood outside. Bullets hit the vinyl side of their attic without penetrating the vinyl and falling to the ground. Dobbs relates the incident to his attitude toward amnesty for illegal immigrants. The New Jersey State Police police report of the incident linked him to a stray bullet from a nearby hunter.
In a November 2009 interview with Telemundo, Dobbs said that the US needed "a rational and effective humane policy" for immigration that includes enhanced border security as well as "the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions."
In March 2009, Dobbs said he thought that there should be no St. Patricks Day.
In October 2010, The Nation published a year-long investigation report detailing undocumented workers who had worked on Dobbs private property. The workforce involves the maintenance of Dobbs' millions of dollars worth of plantations in New Jersey and Florida, including the horse of his daughter Hillary, a championship jumper. This article features interviews with five immigrants who have worked without a letter on the Dobbs property. Dobbs and his daughter declined to comment to the The Nation as part of the story. Speaking to the Associated Press, Dobbs referred to the article as "a political attack," claiming it was a lie that he was hiring illegal immigrants. He said: "I never, not now, and never will."
Dobbs critics, including columnist James K. Glassman, writer Dow 36,000 and think tank American Enterprise Institute, have accused him of inciting xenophobia. Others accuse him as Hispanophobia, the accusations he denied and which he said was very offensive, because his wife Debi Segura was a Mexican-American.
Pro-Trump Views
On his show Lou Dobbs Tonight, Dobbs suspended full support from Presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying, "Whatever you think about Trump, whatever your politics, Trump has taken on huge risks and threats in seeking the presidency... pledging to restore the voice of the people... and a government that will honor all that is guaranteed by our Constitution. "Dobbs has since Donald Trump backed up.In October 2017, Dobbs said that the Trump presidency" may be the most successful in modern American history. "Trump praised Dobbs in return.During the month, Dobbs interviewed Trump, with some observers describing Dobbs's interview style as lick and lick Dobbs opened the interview with "You have achieved so much", and then tells Trump that he is "one of the most beloved and respected presidents" in history. "The New York Times describes interviews as a love festival and "sessions like retainer", like Dobbs "does not ask so many questions as opening his mouth and letting the rose petals fall off".
On October 13, 2016, Dobbs published by Twitter a link containing the address and phone number of a woman who was among several people who allegedly sexually harassed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Trump repeatedly summoned Dobbs to get his views on various policy issues. In 2017 Trump patched Dobbs to a senior-level Oval Office meeting several times, sometimes annoying officials for Dobbs's opinion.
Dobbs is a proponent of the Deep State conspiracy theory. In January 2018, Dobbs called for a "war" on "The Far Country", which he described as the FBI and the Department of Justice. Dobbs said that the FBI and DOJ have destroyed the evidence and that they are secretly working to topple the Trump presidency. In June 2018, Dobbs promoted a conspiracy derived from Reddit and the right-wing conspiracy site of Gateway Pundit that "the FBI may have initiated a number of spies into the Trump campaign as early as December 2015." Shortly after Dobbs promoted an unfounded conspiracy theory, Trump ran a Dobbs statement and praised Dobbs for "great interviews".
After Trump criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for not investigating alleged violations of the Foreign Intelligence Oversight Act during an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Dobbs attacked Session, saying that he had become physically or mentally unwell. Dobbs said, "Session has fallen ill, he is paralyzed in a certain way, or he has been co-opted or captured: to retain any dignity, for the good of the country he must return."
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Lou Dobbs is a registered Republican. Although he contributed $ 1,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign in January 2001, he often described the Bush administration and the Congress that the Republican ruled as "shameful." He also argues that both parties are controlled by the interests of the company. Dobbs blamed President Bush's 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry, to first criticize the outsourcing and then back down.
Lou Dobbs is a pro-choice, opposing arms control and, though he is fiscally conservative, supports several government regulations, as revealed in the 60 Minute Interview . He has been critical of trade policies that he says encourage "sending jobs abroad".
Dobbs's attitude to trade has earned praise from some trade union activists on the left of traditional politics, while his attitude to immigration tends to attract rights. In an interview with Larry King, Dobbs revealed that he is now "independently unaffiliated" due to dissatisfaction with both Republican and Democratic parties.
In June 2006, when the US Senate debated the Federal Marriage Amendment, Dobbs was critical of the move. He asserted that marriage is threatened more by the financial crisis perpetuated by the Bush administration's economic policies than by same-sex marriages.
Dobbs is the author of War on the Middle Class, where he claims that both Democrats and Republicans are destroying the middle class. In it, he came out strongly against Bush's tax cuts, which he deemed benefiting the rich, and argued to raise the minimum US wage from what was then $ 5.15 per hour.
Dobbs criticized the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which was started by President George W. Bush and later passed on by President Barack Obama. He called it originally the "Wall Street bailout", a term that became common. Dobbs described the program as a way for US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to help corporate interests rather than help the average American. He revealed many of his views in the Zero Generation documentary .
Reception
Dobbs has also been criticized for his journalistic ethics by liberal news journalist Amy Goodman. He accuses him of striking error in his report and his staff association with an inappropriate source, complaining that "he has a special responsibility to depend on facts and to correct a false statement of facts." According to him, he enters immigration debate without the document "pleading for populist rhetoric and fighting for the cause of the middle class", a stance against which Democracy is now opposed! hosted with Juan Gonzalez.
Awards
Dobbs has won many major awards for his television journalism, especially the Lifetime Emmy Award and Ace Cable Awards. He received the George Foster Peabody Award for his coverage of the 1987 stock market crash. He has also received the Luminari Award from Business Journalism Review in 1990, the Honorable Association of Algerian Honorable American Associates in 1999 and the National Media Space Media Award in 2000. < i> The Wall Street Journal has named Dobbs "Anchorman Premier TV Business News". In 2004, Dobbs was awarded the Eugene Katz Prize for Excellence in Immigration Coverage by the Center for Immigration Studies and in 2005 he received the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution's Nursing Award. Dobbs was named "Father of the Year" by the National Father's Day Committee in 1993. In 2008 Dobbs received the American Legion of Public Relations Award from the National Commander of the American Legion.
Books
- Lou Dobbs, with James O. Born, Border War , Forge, (2014). ISBN: 9780765327710.
- Lou Dobbs, Independent Day: Awakening the American Spirit , Viking (2007). ISBN 978-0-670-01836-9.
- Lou Dobbs, Exporting America: Why Company Greed Delivers US Jobs Abroad , Warner Books, (2004). ISBNÃ, 0-446-57744-8.
- Lou Dobbs,
: The Next Business Frontier with HP Newquist, Pocketbook, (2001). ISBNÃ, 0-7434-2389-5 - Lou Dobbs, War in the Middle Class: How Governments, Big Businesses, and Special Interest Groups Stage War on American Dreams and How to Fight Back, Viking, (2006). ISBNÃ, 0-670-03792-3.
- Ron Hira and Anil Hira, with the introduction by Lou Dobbs, Outsourcing America: What lies behind our National Crisis and how we can regain the American Work. (AMACOM), American Management Association, (May 2005). ISBNÃ, 0-8144-0868-0.
- Lou Dobbs, "Upheaval", Threshold Editions, (2014) ISBN 978-1-4767-2885-8
See also
- North American monetary union
References
External links
- Lou Dobbs Tonight's website
- Lou Dobbs on IMDb
- Appearance in C-SPAN
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