Lou Dobbs: Once More, With Gusto
The wild man of CNN was unleashed again the other night, launching into a furious attack (, and ) on the president of the National Council of La Raza, who went on 鈥淟ou Dobbs Tonight鈥� to discuss her organization鈥檚 new initiative against hate. The 鈥� motto: 鈥淭ake the hate out of the
immigration debate鈥� 鈥� is partly aimed at pundits, like Dobbs, who routinely invite racist leaders on their air and present false nativist propaganda as fact. We could go on about this, but our friend David Neiwert, over at the Orcinus blog, has already done a on the show and Dobbs鈥� falsehoods, evasions and insults. One program note: A great deal of the material used by La Raza鈥檚 campaign, including a describing various 鈥渟uspect spokespeople鈥� of nativist groups, came from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has cooperated with La Raza in its efforts to end the defamation of immigrants. No surprise, then, that Dobbs took time out from his tussle with La Raza President Janet Murguia to falsely label the Anti-Defamation League and the Center, which publishes the Intelligence Report and Hatewatch, as advocacy groups working for 鈥渙pen borders and amnesty.鈥�
