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2009-11-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Former CNNer Claims Network's Liberal Bias Caused Dobbs' Exit

A seventeen year veteran of CNN claimed Sunday that Lou Dobbs' surprising exit from the network was because "his opinions are out of lockstep with the rest of the mainstream news media."

Discussing the issue with Howard Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Chris Plante, a former CNN correspondent and current talk radio host, said Dobbs, as "the last conservative voice on the channel," no longer fit in.

"They had Glenn Beck, he's gone. They had [Dobbs], now he's gone," claimed Plante.

When Plante said CNN hosts Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper, and Larry King weren't "completely neutral," Kurtz asked, "Are you suggesting that those hosts lean to the left?"

Plante marvelously responded, "Yes, I am."

Posted by gorb 2009-11-17 05:04|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 "Are you suggesting that those hosts lean to the left?"

Left, not liberal. Joe Lieberman is a liberal. These others are just plain limousine socia!ists.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-17 08:12|| 2009-11-17 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 she is too pretty too be A CNN anchorwoman anyway. I mean Plante and not Dobbs.

Posted by chris">chris 2009-11-17 09:08|| 2009-11-17 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 That's Robin Meade

Posted by Beavis 2009-11-17 09:16|| 2009-11-17 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 my bad. I try my best not too watch CNN but why is there a pic of Meade in the article? I'm guessing i probably just answered my own question as too why they wouldn't put a pic of the other woman.

Posted by chris">chris 2009-11-17 10:25|| 2009-11-17 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Chris Plante is Bill Plante's son.

Posted by ed 2009-11-17 10:39|| 2009-11-17 10:39|| Front Page Top

#6 What Procpius said. True liberals like Jim Webb would never bow and scrape before the House of Saud or Hirohito's son. True liberals would never be so foolish as to try KSM in a civilian court. True liberals would never openly shovel favors and money to a bare-knuckle Wall Street trading shop like Goldman.

Obama is not a liberal. He's a just a callow little lefty junior prof who has no business leading anyone.

Posted by lex 2009-11-17 10:53|| 2009-11-17 10:53|| Front Page Top

#7 So was GW a fake liberal or a true liberal when he not only bowed to the House of Saud, but also held his hand? This tempest in a teacup over Zero bowing to the Emperor of Japan, when visiting him in Japan is ridiculous. You do know that many other presidents have done similar things in the past right? You do know that there are actual, moronic policies of this president to criticize and ridicule right? Why do the pundits on the right continue to throw away their credibility on non-issues? Pathetic. You people are making me sad that I was ever a Republican. Will the real Conservatives please stand up?

Posted by AllahHateMe 2009-11-17 16:57|| 2009-11-17 16:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Why do the pundits on the right continue to throw away their credibility on non-issues?

Because that makes the second time he's done it, and he was warned before and after the first time? He's not presidential material.

Posted by gorb 2009-11-17 19:24|| 2009-11-17 19:24|| Front Page Top

#9 You people are making me sad that I was ever a Republican. Will the real Conservatives please stand up?

I'd suggest half are having fun poking at the Messiah, the others are actually a little pissed off given his Apology Tours. If you have trouble identifying with that, fine, but don't play the purity game, AHM. You don't want an archive search, I'm sure

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-17 19:48|| 2009-11-17 19:48|| Front Page Top

#10 It's even worse than that - he bowed wrong, you're not supposed to touch during a bow, let alone shake hands.

Then again, once you've been hugging the queen, I guess anything goes.

AHM - does it matter that an enormous white house staff, and decades, if not centuries, of protocol practices cannot get even this correct?

Sometimes the silly errors do an excellent job of pointing out the serious ones.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-11-17 23:21|| 2009-11-17 23:21|| Front Page Top

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