CNN Prez Jon Klein Politely Tells Lou Dobbs To Shut Up About the Birther Story

Well, it looks like Lou Dobbs won’t be having any more “birther” debates on his CNN show.

CNN President Jon Klein put out a memo last night to Lou Dobbs staffers in which he declares, “It seems this story is dead.” Here’s his note, courtesy of TVNewser.

I asked the political researchers to dig into the question “why couldn’t Obama produce the ORIGINAL birth certificate?”

This is what they forwarded. It seems to definitively answer the question. Since the show’s mission is for Lou to be the explainer and enlightener, he should be sure to cite this during your segment tonite. And then it seems this story is dead – because anyone who still is not convinced doesn’t really have a legitimate beef.

CNN has already distanced themselves from Dobbs’ comments, but the notoriously independent CNN host showed no signs of letting up. On last night’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, the debate raged on.

Here’s the segment:

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