Lou Dobbs Is About To Get Glenn Beck’ed

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by Steve Krakauer | 11:35 am, September 16th, 2009

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dobbs_9-16 Media Matters and other organizations have joined together to ask advertisers to boycott Lou Dobbs‘s 7pmET CNN show. Sound familiar?

The success of the Glenn Beck campaign is certainly up for interpretation, and the timing of this Dobbs boycott seems a bit strange – but here’s the rundown.

Media Matters writes about the DropDobbs.com site, which is a partnership between Media Matters, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and more. The crux of the argument for ‘dropping Dobbs’ is summed up in a YouTube video (below), which shows the historical lineage of suspect Dobbs statements. But it also shows the entire campaign isn’t particularly timely.

It’s been more than a month since Dobbs was last making headlines for his ‘birther’ discussions, but those were mainly on radio anyway. The video, and the campaign, goes back years to find all his comments on illegal immigrants and more. So why now?

Well there’s this, from Media Matters:

The hugely successful Glenn Beck advertiser boycott currently under way shows how effective this kind of coordinated pressure can be. In just a matter of weeks, 62 companies have dropped Beck, costing the program 50 percent of its ad dollars. Companies simply don’t want to be associated with Beck’s on-air hate speech. They should feel the same way about Dobbs.

We wrote yesterday that the numbers seem greatly exaggerated, and the campaign has been far less successful in hurting Fox News financially. Still, it has raised awareness, and the media (the ‘liberal’ media, for those who like to use the term) has picked up the story every step of the way. In some ways, successful or not, ColorOfChange has become a household name now – which could be considered a success on some level as well.

Here’s Media Matters video:

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CaptainAmerica

Well, Lou could certainly use the boost in ratings this would give him!

Mediaite should do a story on how the MSM seems to know about this ColorOfChange organization and runs every press release they put out but how little they seemed to know about Van Jones or Acorn.

Shame MediaMatters didn’t want Keith Olbermann boycotted for all the terrible comments made on that show about Carrie Prejean (not to mention all his lies etc).
Jelperman

What lies?
Pam1151

Jelperman, you are not allowed to mention KO at this site. It is all Glenn Beck here. Shame on you!!!
ImNotBlue

Jelper… start here, and move on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYmS5ylCrk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fmkoldys%2Fblog%2Fwll273368806.html&feature=player_embedded#t=111
Jelperman

I saw the video. Where does Olbermann tell a lie in it?
Dandee

The reason some of you do not want to watch Lou Dobbs is that he, along with Glen Beck and FOXNEWS tells everything the way it really is. The other networks WILL NOT put ou anything that does not PRAISE their winning president. The loved him so much when he was campaigning, along with all the lies he told us, that they cannot bring themselves to no know what a HUGE mistake they have made. They will not tell us the truth about HIM and his healthcare. They only tell what he wants them to tell. IF the majority of people in the USA knew what was really written in the bill HR3200, you would scream and pull your hair. I’ll tell you, it says, in their words, the government wants to take over your entire lives. The one thing Obama is lieing about is telling you he will not reduce Medicare or Medicaid, BUT, he most certainly will have to, to pay for all the spending he has done and is still doing.
shootfromthehip

“The other networks WILL NOT put ou anything that does not PRAISE their winning president.”

That is simply not true. You, sir, are a liar. Actually I take it back. You are insane.

You believe this Dandee?

“I’ll tell you, it says, in their words, the government wants to take over your entire lives.”

wow the stupid runs deeper than I thought…..