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Has CNN's Jon Klein met Lou Dobbs?

October 28, 2009 10:18 am ET by Jamison Foser

Here's CNN president Jon Klein shrugging off his cable channel's lousy ratings:

Excellent journalism is what we are focused on. We refuse to do the things that might get us a quick number or cater to the extremes that would alienate our core viewers.

And here's CNN's Lou Dobbs.

And no, Klein isn't somehow unaware of Dobbs' existence.  Over the summer, when Dobbs was hyping Birther conspiracy theories, Klein leapt to Dobbs' defense.  Oh, and earlier this year, Klein said Dobbs does a relatively straight newscast.  Right.

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    • Author by pilotshark (October 28, 2009 10:27 am ET)
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      Klein leapt to Dobbs' defense. Oh, and earlier this year, Klein said Dobbs does a relatively straight newscast. Right.

      the big word there is "straight" as in straight from the crazy zone.
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    • Author by goesto11 (October 28, 2009 10:31 am ET)
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      How's this for an oxymoron?

      Klein says CNN won't cater to the extremes or alienate core viewers...but these days, the extremes are their core viewers!

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    • Author by terrapin53 (October 28, 2009 10:32 am ET)
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      I for one am glad to see that CNN will not resort to Fox tactics just to get ratings. Dobbs aside, we all know Fox focuses on ratings versus news. Any news organization worth anythign should not allow ratings to override good journalism.
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    • Author by bluestate69 (October 29, 2009 8:02 am ET)
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      it's not just dobbs. it's also the so called "journalists" that go on his show. candy crowley, lisa sylvester, and kitty pilgrim to name a few. all three of those so called journalists join in the "republican populist" spin with lou dobbs. candy crowley defended the "deathers" and the "birthers" of august, repeatedly. and she's the "senior" political analyst at cnn!?!WTF?
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