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How Smart Is Lou Dobbs?
22 Nov 2006 12:35 pm
Plenty smart, according to Lou Dobbs:
BOB GARFIELD: Now, network president, Jonathan Klein, has said to The New York Times that, in essence, that the Dobbs approach will only be on the Dobbs show. And presumably he means that it would never fly on Wolf Blitzer's show or Paula Zahn's show.
LOU DOBBS: Well, they're quite different people than I am, as you know.
BOB GARFIELD: I understand. But why should you have a different set of journalistic standards applying to you?
LOU DOBBS: Well, immodestly, let me say one of the reasons would be my experience, my education, my analysis of the issues and the empirical evidence, and a demonstrated record of, frankly, of knowing what I'm talking about.
And Wolf and Paula have no idea what they're talking about?
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