Lou Dobbs Tonight
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| Genre | Opinion/Talk program |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Starring | Lou Dobbs |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | CNN |
| Original run | June 1, 1980 (as Moneyline)–present |
Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial and discussion program on CNN, anchored by journalist Lou Dobbs, who is also its managing editor. The hour-long show is aired live on evenings every weekday, and repeated later at night. It covers the major news stories of the day with a focus on politics and economics. Field correspondents provide additional reporting and occasionally serve as guest anchors. Notable politicians and economists are often guests on the show, facing Dobbs' often pointed questioning. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's largest audience. [1]
On November 4, 2006; A weekend edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, entitled Lou Dobbs this Week, began airing. The weekend show, which airs every Saturday and Sunday night, discusses a variety of heated issues from the past week and the week ahead.
One regular feature on the show is "Exporting America", in which Dobbs documents the American companies that have offshored jobs to overseas facilities, as well as those businesses that have taken special steps to keep jobs on U.S. soil. Dobbs has compiled a list of companies that have outsourced that he has posted on the show's website and occasionally repeats on the air. Dobbs frequently criticizes U.S. international trade policy as insufficiently protecting American jobs, advocating in favor of what many consider to be economic protectionism in contrast to free trade. As part of his criticism of Globalization, Dobbs often notes that the United States is running trade deficits with virtually every major trading partner it has, especially China [1].
Another regular feature is "Broken Borders", which highlights what Dobbs considers to be the problems and costs associated with illegal immigrants, and the inefficiencies in the U.S. Border Patrol and immigration policies in general.
Around the middle of the show a daily poll is opened that is answered on the shows website. Voting for the poll continues until the end of the show when the results of the poll are revealed.. The results of the poll are almost always polarized to one particular answer.
Kitty Pilgrim is a correspondent for the program, and the most frequent substitute anchor when Dobbs is not on. Other reporters attached to Lou Dobbs Tonight are Christine Romans, Lisa Sylvester, Bill Tucker and Casey Wian.
Critics of his broadcast, such as the liberal civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center allege Lou Dobbs Tonight regularly airs segments featuring and has as on-air guests that they consider to be prominent white supremacists without revealing their involvement in such groups [2].
[edit] Timeline of the program
- June 1, 1980: premiere date of both CNN and Moneyline. The latter was hosted by Lou Dobbs
- June 7, 1999: Dobbs leaves CNN and CNNfn to found Space.com.[2] He is succeeded as host of Moneyline by Willow Bay and Stuart Varney.
- March 19, 2001: Varney leaves Moneyline, leaving Bay as sole host of the program as rumors of a pending return of Dobbs swirl [3]
- May 14, 2001: Bay leaves CNN as Dobbs returns to the cable network and the anchor desk of the newly-rechristened Lou Dobbs Moneyline.[4][5]
- June 9, 2005: CNN announces change of program name from Lou Dobbs Moneyline to Lou Dobbs Tonight. [6]
- November 4, 2006: weekend version of Lou Dobbs Tonight, named Lou Dobbs This Week, debuts.
[edit] References
- ^ Jack Cafferty on Lou Dobbs Tonight (2006-10-19) 6:45 PM, CNN.
- ^ Announcement of Dobbs leaving CNN
- ^ Announcement of Varney leaving CNN
- ^ Time-Warner announcement of Dobbs' return to CNN
- ^ "Brief" ratings article from Medialife Magazine showing new Moneyline moniker
- ^ CNN announces Moneyline name change
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