Lou Dobbs, an early CNN star, moved into conservative punditry as a fierce immigration critic. His Fox Business Network show made him a ally of Donald Trump.
Lou Dobbs, who had a lengthy career as a business news anchor at CNN before becoming one of Donald Trump’s biggest defenders as a host on Fox, has died at the age of 78.
in 2021, after he was named in a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit for promoting Trump’s false claims of election fraud.“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lou Dobbs,” Fox News said in a statement to The Washington Post. “An incredible business mind with a gift for broadcasting, Lou helped pioneer cable news into a successful and influential industry. We are immensely grateful for his many contributions and send our heartfelt condolences to his family.
His show crescendoed in relevance during the Trump administration, where it was part of the former president’s media diet and something he turned to for policy ideas. Trump said in 2020 that he watched Dobbs’s Fox show “all the time,” calling it “a very important show with a tremendous audience.” “I feel very fortunate for growing up in southern Idaho,” he told an interviewer in 2021. “There’s that code of the West. I’ve always prized individualism.”
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