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The Foxification of CNN? 8 Signs the Network Is Trying to Tilt Crazy Right

Mark Howard, AlterNet. October 12, 2011.

If there's one thing that American media doesn't need, it's another Fox News. The first one is already doing a stellar job of advancing the GOP agenda.

When Did CNN Become a Shill for GOP Extremism and the Tea Party?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 12, 2011.

Tea Party Express is not a grassroots group; it's a registered political PAC that funds right-wing candidates. And CNN is helping them.

Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete? And Is That a Good Thing?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 12, 2011.

Do we have it backward when we call for job creation? Could we instead radically rethink our economy to benefit everyone?

Meet Erick Erickson, the Toxic Idiot Guiding House Republicans on the Debt Ceiling Fight

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 26, 2011.

The notably nasty CNN commentator claims Republican House members are really taking his advice to heart.

CNN Anchor Don Lemon Has Come Out of the Closet, But He's Not Ready to be the Black Gay Poster Child

Keli Goff, The Loop 21. May 19, 2011.

The 45-year-old Louisiana native explains why now was the perfect time to come out as a gay man.

The Year of the Big Lie: 6 Outrageous Falsehoods That Took Flight in 2010

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 31, 2010.

From Breitbart's smear of Shirley Sherrod to Glenn Beck's use of Mein Kampf to malign George Soros, right-wing and mainstream media embrace the Big Lie.

CNN Tries to Outfox Fox With Tea Party Deal

Mark Howard, News Corpse. December 22, 2010.

CNN, the once dominant and comparatively respectable cable news network, seems determined to destroy whatever shreds are left of its credibility.

Lou Dobbs Comes to Fox -- Will His New Show Feature the Same Old Hypocrisy?

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. November 12, 2010.

Dobbs may forgo the immigrant-baiting that made him a right-wing star and got him booted from CNN, but his faux populism extends beyond a single issue.

Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart's Jokes and CNN's Double Standards

Leslie Savan, The Nation. October 15, 2010.

The cool kid bullied the uncool kids in the Stewart/Sanchez affair, while CNN, like a cowed principal, ran from the crossfire.

Right Wing Red Meat in Cruel April

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com. April 14, 2010.

CNN beefs up with the angry white man punditry, this time with RedState.com's Erick Erickson.

CNN Links Arms with Billionaire's Project to Fleece Social Security and Other Bedrock Social Programs

Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future. April 10, 2010.

Billionaire Pete Peterson's anti-Social Security, anti-Medicare anti-public investment deficit propaganda film "I.O.U.S.A" is scheduled for broadcast on CNN.

Erick Erickson Is the New CNN Go-to Bigot, Misogynist and Homophobe

Devona Walker, AlterNet. March 17, 2010.

This ain't no "post racial" age: CNN has hired a guy who is not just an apparent bigot, but a misogynist and avid homophobe.

5 Out of 5 Gasbag News Commentators Agree: Obama's a Failure, Not Republican Enough

Digby, Hullabaloo. January 25, 2010.

In case you were wondering, the consensus on all the Sunday gasbag shows is that Obama is an abject failure because of his radical leftist ideology.

Hey Corporate Media, "Looting" Is a Racist Code Word

Chloe Cockburn, Blog of Rights. January 25, 2010.

When the news camera captures footage of a Haitian man taking rice, what does it show? Theft? Survival? What if that man is white?

Dobbs Defends Birther Advocacy: "Seems To Me Still A Perfectly Commonsense Question"

Andrea Nill, ThinkProgress. January 12, 2010.

The former CNN anchor may be singing a new tune on immigration, but he's sticking to his guns when it comes his demand for evidence of President Obama's birthplace.

Lou Dobbs On Whether He's Thought About Running For President: "Yes Is The Answer"

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. November 24, 2009.

In an interview on Fred Thompson's radio show today, Dobbs suggested that he might actually considering a run for the White House.

Dobbs' Resignation Was Long Overdue

Janet Murguía, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.

My problems with Dobbs surfaced more than two years ago, during the debate over the last version of immigration reform.

CNN Paid Lou Dobbs $8 Million to Quit

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. November 16, 2009.

That's a hell of a severance package.

Lou Dobbs Is History at CNN ... Now What?

Angelo Falcón, New America Media. November 14, 2009.

Will we be seeing more Latino executives, anchors, commentators, contributors, and producers at CNN?

Relentless Pressure from Progressive Groups Pushes Hatemonger Lou Dobbs Out of CNN

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 12, 2009.

Groups like BastaDobbs have done in Dobbs, who used his media platform to stir up racist, anti-immigrant hysteria for years.

John Harwood Draws Delusional Equivalence Between Fox and Other Cable Nets

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. November 2, 2009.

Real conservatives want to go where they feel completely at home and can get what they want full strength.

This Someone-Shot-at-Me Nonsense Is the Last Straw: CNN Should Fire Lou Dobbs

Roberto Lovato, Huffington Post. October 31, 2009.

By allowing Dobbs to use the incident to level spurious attacks at his critics, CNN is is seriously undermining its claim to be "the most trusted name in news."

Was CNN Host Lou Dobbs Really Shot at?

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.

Statements by New Jersey state police are putting Dobbs' claim that he and his wife had been shot at into question.

Anti-Dobbs Movement Overshadows CNN's "Latino In America" Special

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 23, 2009.

CNN's much publicized series was largely eclipsed by controversy over CNN's resident xenophobe, Lou Dobbs.

Ted Turner Would Fire Lou Dobbs If He Could

Linda Milazzo, AlterNet. October 19, 2009.

Kind of an emphatic statement, but Ted Turner did say so explicitly