Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN

In a statement announcing the resignation of Lou Dobbs from CNN, Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S. said “Lou has now decided to carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere.”  Since I almost never watch CNN or Lou Dobbs, Klein's remark about advocacy journalism seemed odd.  A case of the pot calling the kettle black? 

But Dobbs has mentioned his doubts about President Obama's citizenship and his views on immigration are also not in line with the rest of CNN.  When Dobbs announced his resignation, he had this to say.

At this point, I’m considering a number of options and directions, and I assure you, I will let you know when I set my course. I truly believe that the major issues of our time include the growth of our middle class, the creation of more jobs, health care, immigration policy, the environment, climate change, and our military involvement, of course, in Afghanistan and Iraq.

But each of those issues is, in my opinion, informed by our capacity to demonstrate strong resilience of our now weakened capitalist economy and demonstrate the political will to overcome the lack of true representation in Washington, D.C.

I believe these to be profoundly, critically important issues, and I will continue to strive to deal honestly and straightforwardly with those issues in the future.

Unfortunately, these issues are now defined in the public arena by partisanship and ideology rather than by rigorous, empirical thought and forthright analysis and discussion. I’ll be working diligently to change that as best i can. And as for the important work of restoring inspiration to our great free society and our market economy, I will strive as well to be a leader in that national conversation.

Dobbs advocacy preferences just didn't match up with CNN's.