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It is not news that someone on your staff says something just because you say it is. Reporters report, and commentators comment -- that is their job, and it is not "news" that they do it. CNN is the worst at this shameless self-promotion. How many times do you see a headline on CNN.com that reads, "Blitzer: Blah Blah Blah," or "Dobbs: Yadda Yadda Yadda." Your reporters are supposed to report the news, and your own reporters' comments are not newsworthy just because they said it, at least not because you said so. If someone on your staff says something enormously significant, stupid, or somewhere in-between, and other news organizations find it newsworthy and cover it, then it qualifies as "news."
And by the way, how the fuck did Lou Dobbs become an expert on immigration policy beyond having a strong opinion on it and declaring himself so? Every time I see him speak in condescending fashion to someone on immigration policy, I think to myself, "You know, who the hell are you? Do you have any chops that would dictate that the rest of the world ought to listen to what you have to say?" Here's his background, per Wikipedia:
I sure don't see anything in there that would give him the right to anoint himself Grand Poobah of all things immigration. OK, I get it -- you're a cranky old guy with a microphone who thinks this country already has too many brown people. That doesn't mean what you say carries special weight.
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And by the way, how the fuck did Lou Dobbs become an expert on immigration policy beyond having a strong opinion on it and declaring himself so? Every time I see him speak in condescending fashion to someone on immigration policy, I think to myself, "You know, who the hell are you? Do you have any chops that would dictate that the rest of the world ought to listen to what you have to say?" Here's his background, per Wikipedia:
Dobbs was born in Childress, Texas, the son of Frank Dobbs, a co-owner of a propane business, and Lydia Mae Hensley, a bookkeeper. When Dobbs was 12, his father's propane business failed and the family moved to Rupert, Idaho. He attended Minico High School in Minidoka County, serving as student body president in 1963. He earned a bachelors degree in economics from Harvard University, graduating in 1967.
After graduating, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C. and as a cash-management specialist for Union Bank in Los Angeles. He married his high school sweetheart in 1969 and in 1970 his first son was born. Dobbs moved to Yuma, Arizona and got a job as a police and fire reporter for KBLU-AM. By the mid-1970s he was a television anchor and reporter in Phoenix, and he later joined Seattle's KING-TV. In 1979, he was contacted by a recruiter for Ted Turner, who was in the process of forming CNN.
Dobbs joined CNN when it launched in 1980, serving as its chief economics correspondent and as host of the business news program Moneyline on CNN. Dobbs also served as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of CNN's executive committee. He founded CNN fn (CNN financial news), serving as its president and anchoring the program Business Unusual, which examined business creativity and leadership.
After graduating, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C. and as a cash-management specialist for Union Bank in Los Angeles. He married his high school sweetheart in 1969 and in 1970 his first son was born. Dobbs moved to Yuma, Arizona and got a job as a police and fire reporter for KBLU-AM. By the mid-1970s he was a television anchor and reporter in Phoenix, and he later joined Seattle's KING-TV. In 1979, he was contacted by a recruiter for Ted Turner, who was in the process of forming CNN.
Dobbs joined CNN when it launched in 1980, serving as its chief economics correspondent and as host of the business news program Moneyline on CNN. Dobbs also served as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of CNN's executive committee. He founded CNN fn (CNN financial news), serving as its president and anchoring the program Business Unusual, which examined business creativity and leadership.
I sure don't see anything in there that would give him the right to anoint himself Grand Poobah of all things immigration. OK, I get it -- you're a cranky old guy with a microphone who thinks this country already has too many brown people. That doesn't mean what you say carries special weight.
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