Dobbs Plays the Victim, as Movement Demanding CNN Dump Him Grows

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Dobbs Plays the Victim, as Movement Demanding CNN Dump Him Grows

http://www.alternet.org/story/142780/dobbs_plays_the_victim%2C_as_movement_demanding_cnn_dump_him_grows

By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. Posted September 21, 2009.

Dobbs is waving the First Amendment flag to try and distract from his long history of anti-immigrant views

Faced with a growing movement of communities demanding that CNN drop his program, Lou Dobbs responded Friday with one of his favorite postures: the victimized defender of American virtue. "They ask CNN to fire me because I oppose illegal immigration" said Dobbs, who added, "The last thing they want is a first amendment, where people can express themselves... These are the most un-American, frightened people in the world because they won't compete in the marketplace of ideas and facts."

Not surprisingly, Dobbs is waving the First Amendment flag to change the subject, which is not about disagreement on immigration policy, and has nothing to do with free speech. Dobbs has the right to his opinions; but there's nothing in the Constitution that says he deserves a "news" platform to disseminate hurtful and dangerous myths about immigrants.