November 11, 2009: a sad day in the history of television media. Lou Dobbs abruptly announced he would be leaving his job at CNN after almost 30 years at the network (see TPM’s photo feature commemorating Dobbs here).
Last night Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert paid their own personal tributes to this giant of TV punditry and xenophobia.
Stewart likened Dobbs’s move to one made earlier this year by Alaska governor Sarah Palin: “Lou Dobbs is going Palin! He’s going rogue! Lou Dobbs is saying ‘The problems that we are facing are too important for me, Lou Dobbs, to stay at my job. I’m going rogue!’ We got another rogue! That’s TWO rogues!”
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Lou Dobbs Goes Rogue | ||||
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Stephen Colbert had a typically more selfish reaction to Dobbs’s announcement, absorbing the entirety of Dobbs’s audience and opinions in a spellbinding ‘Highlander’-style spectacle:
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Stephen Claims Lou Dobbs’ Audience | ||||
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