Today America's Voice, in partnership with Media Matters for America, announced its intention to run an ad calling for CNN to drop Lou Dobbs during the network's upcoming broadcast of Latino in America. America's Voice and Media Matters for America raised nearly $16,000 from grassroots supporters to air the...
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We came to you with big plans: put a TV commercial on the air, calling on CNN to retire Lou Dobbs and his ugly, race-based rhetoric. Check out the latest version of the ad (we cut it down to 30 seconds).Thanks to your dedication and generosity, we've raised the...
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Over the past few weeks, a wide coalition of groups – America's Voice included -- have been channeling the growing outrage over CNN's determination to keep controversial host Lou Dobbs in its nightly news lineup. This is especially hypocritical as the network prepares to air it special "Latino in...
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Lou Dobbs may be the most hated man in television today among immigrant advocacy groups, so the fact that CNN is planning to run a new series about the Latino experience in America without even mentioning the role Dobbs has played in vilifying them isn't going over so well...
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I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, "Latino in America" last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the building. I'll get into the details about that in a minute, but what really set me over the edge was when Laura Esquivel,...
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Sep 29, 2009
Every weeknight, CNN airs one full hour of Hate TV -- it's called, "Lou Dobbs Tonight."
For 260 hours every year, Dobbs has a bully pulpit from which to spew race-baiting, fear, and intolerance, stamped with the CNN seal of approval.
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Only 1 week old, our campaign to air a hard-hitting new Lou Dobbs television ad on CNN has already raised about a third of the $16,000 dollars needed. These contributions have come directly from hundreds of everyday people who are fed up with the hate speech on CNN.
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Today Democracia Ahora released a new report on their newly-launched website TellCNNEnoughisEnough.com. Check it out:"Latino Leaders and their Opinion of CNN's Lou Dobbs." According to the Politico: "The results of the report are not surprising – 90 percent of the interviewees believe Dobbs is helping create a negative image...
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Sep 22, 2009
This week, America's Voice is launching a campaign to air our new TV ad targeting CNN. The goal: to get Lou Dobbs off the air. This is about taking a microphone away from one of the most dangerous propagandists in America. Few individuals have done more to...
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Sep 21, 2009
Lou Dobbs Tonight: The Hate Behind the TV Ad
Along with dozens of community groups and national organizations, we are calling on... Continue » 
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