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Lou Dobbs

Louis Carl Dobbs (September 24, 1945 – July 18, 2024) was an American conservative political commentator, author, and television host who presented ''Lou Dobbs Tonight'' from 2003 to 2009 and 2011 to 2021. From 2021 until his death, he hosted ''The Great America Show'' on iHeartRadio and loudobbs.com.

Dobbs started working with CNN at its inception in 1980, serving as a reporter and network vice president. On the air, he served as host and managing editor of the network's business program, ''Moneyline'', which premiered in 1980. The show was renamed ''Lou Dobbs Tonight'' in 2003. Dobbs resigned from CNN in 1999 but rejoined the network in 2001. He resigned once again in November 2009. He was the former talk radio host of ''Lou Dobbs Radio''. From 2011, he hosted ''Lou Dobbs Tonight'' on the Fox Business Network until the network cancelled it in February 2021.

Dobbs was an early promoter of birtherism, the belief that former U.S. President Barack Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen. He was known for anti-immigration views, as well as for opposition to NAFTA and other trade deals. A staunch supporter of Donald Trump, he infused his show with pro-Trump coverage. He was one of three Fox Corporation program hosts named in a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic relating to conspiracy theories used in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. Dobbs was among the hosts named in the ''Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network'' defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company's voting machines that Fox News settled for $787.5 million and required Fox News to acknowledge that the broadcast statements were false. Provided by Wikipedia