Have you heard John King is replacing Lou “I hate Mexicans, so I sleep with one” Dobbs on CNN? It’s true! That boring schmoe. Look, CNN, if you’re going to placate the Latino “winds of change,” don’t go half-ass. Here’s a list of five journalists that would really spice things up around there.
12 November 2009
11 November 2009
Lou Dobbs Quit CNN Because There Are Too Many Mexicans In America Now
By Cindy Casares at 8:20 PM.
Well, all your campaigns finally paid off, crazy people. Lou Dobbs who hates Mexicans, but is married to one, (it happens), announced tonight that this was his last broadcast on CNN where he has worked for almost 30 years.
29 October 2009
MSNBC Will Air The Anti-Dobbs PSA CNN Refused To
By Alex Alvarez at 5:12 PM.
La mierda continues to hit the proverbial fan as far as Lou Dobbs is concerned as MSNBC has decided to run an anti-Dobbs PSA originally set to air on CNN.
22 October 2009
Lou Dobbs Invites Basta Dobbs Onto His Show
By Alex Alvarez at 1:04 PM.
Perhaps in light of the publicity and attention CNN has garnered for its two-part Latino in America series, the network has decided to invite one of Lou Dobb’s most vocal detractors, writer and advocate Roberto Lovato of Basta Dobbs, onto his program.
Twitter Reacts To CNN’s Latino In America With Soledad O’Brien
By Alex Alvarez at 9:05 AM.
Part one of CNN’s two-part special, Latino in America, aired last night, as many of you know. And, as many of can guess, the response to the Soledad O’Brien-led documentary was mixed.
21 October 2009
Soledad O’Brien, “We Don’t Do Afro Latinos”
By Cindy Casares at 12:44 PM.
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien continues to hype her upcoming Latino In America special set to air tonight, when it’s not Hispanic Heritage Month™. She spoke to My Latino Voice about what we can expect.
15 October 2009
Ad Urging CNN To Fire Xenophobe Lou Dobbs Will Not Be Aired On CNN
By Alex Alvarez at 5:58 PM.
CNN has announced they will not air an ad urging that very network to drop Lou Dobbs, he of the racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant rhetoric. This comes mere hours after the network had actually given an initial ok for the PSA to run. What ¢hanged their mind$?
9 October 2009
Take A Look At Eva Longoria And Edward James Olmos’ Thoughts On Being Latino In America
By Alex Alvarez at 12:56 PM.
As you know, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and her new book on the issue, CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien is interviewing Latino stars on what it means for them to be “Latino in America.”
6 October 2009
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien On Being Latina, And More, In America
By Alex Alvarez at 10:35 AM.
For their “Latino in America” feature in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, CNN profiled news anchor Soledad O’Brien, who is of Cuban, Irish, Scottish and Australian descent and who has a black mother and white father.
26 June 2009
Hugo Chavez Disapproves Of CNN Coverage Of Michael Jackson’s Death
By Cindy Casares at 1:45 PM.
At a youth event in Venezuela last night, Hugo Chavez did his best to convince the kids to avert their eyes from CNN’s seductive, capitalist news coverage of the death of Michael Jackson.
27 May 2009
CNN Tutorial On How To Say Sotomayor And Other Ugly Americanisms
By Cindy Casares at 6:15 PM.
We try really hard not to hate white people. Well, okay, that’s not really true, but anyway today CNN made it especially hard when they produced a hilarious news piece on how to say the funny Puerto Rican name belonging to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
6 May 2009
Father Cutie Forced Out Of Church, Makes It To CNN, Is A Big Story For “You Guys”
By Alex Alvarez at 11:47 AM.
The bad news: Padre Alberto Cutie has been forced out of his church. The good news? He’s all over CNN!
9 February 2009
Rick Sanchez Got Crunk This Weekend And Twittered His Embarrassing Cuban Name
By Cindy Casares at 12:45 PM.
If there was ever any doubt that CNN’s Rick Sanchez is having a love affair with Twitter akin to your parents discovering how to work the VCR, look no further than his ramblings yesterday.
29 January 2009
Rick Sanchez Twitters Live From Pre-Op
By Cindy Casares at 4:04 PM.
Rick Sanchez of CNN, who likes to maintain a Twitterous relationship with his viewers, suddenly informed the world this afternoon that he was undergoing knee surgery by Twittering from the pre-op room. Amongst other things, Rick said his anesthesiologist is “young, beautiful and about to put me under.” Okay? Oh, and his wife was there. Let [...]
16 January 2009
Morning Video: In Which Rick Sanchez Bitchslaps Joe The Plumber
By Cindy Casares at 9:10 AM.
Have we mentioned that we love CNN’s Rick Sanchez for publicly taking down John McCain’s abandoned frankenbeast “Joe the Plumber” earlier this week? Joe was recently sent by some website to interview the “Israel people” and ask questions about things he couldn’t possibly wrap his bald head around. Then he told the press they shouldn’t be [...]
