LOS ANGELES, Nov 12 — CNN host Lou Dobbs, whose outspoken views on US immigration have made him one of the most controversial figures on cable news, said yesterday he is leaving the 24-hour cable news network because he wants a freer platform to state his opinion.
Dobbs, who announced his decision near the start of his nightly news and commentary show, did not say where he plans to go after finishing nearly 30 years at CNN, now a unit of Time Warner Inc.
“For the past six months it has become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us,” Dobbs said.
“Some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and engage in constructive problem-solving,” said Dobbs, referring to himself as one of the last original CNN anchors.
A CNN source told Reuters Dobbs will be concentrating on his syndicated radio show, “The Lou Dobbs Show,” and would not confirm a New York Times report that he had met with Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of the Fox News channel, a CNN rival owned by News Corp. — Reuters
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