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Article: CNN anchor Lou Dobbs announces he is leaving network
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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NEW YORK - CNN's Lou Dobbs, a lightning rod for criticism
following his transition from a business journalist to an
opinionated anchor on such issues as illegal immigration, told
viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show to pursue
new opportunities.
"This will be my last broadcast," Dobbs said after giving the
day's headlines. Dobbs, who hosts a daily radio show unrelated to
CNN, said the network had allowed him to be released early from his
contract.
Dobbs was a CNN original, signing on when the cable network
started in 1980. For much of that time, he hosted a nightly business
broadcast that became one of the most influential shows in the
corporate world, and CNN's most ...