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CNN fixture Lou Dobbs made a surprise on-air announcement today by resigning from the network.

The backlash that followed Dobbs’ outspoken views on immigration and promotion of the delusional birther contingent will be mentioned ad nauseam in the coming days as the reason for his exit.  Liberals and Latinos will cheer.  The Media Matters crew are losing, going on a scavenger hunt for and then losing their shit yet again in celebration.

Everyone will assume a spot for Dobbs is waiting on Fox News alongside Hannity, O’Reilly and Beck. Maybe it will be.  Conservatives will cheer.

But does it matter?  Does Dobbs matter?  Do any cable news talking heads matter anymore now that everyone has gone all-in on their talking head of choice?

Full text of Dobbs’ statement here and video here of his departure.

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Phil Kent, never at a loss in bashing liberals on his gig on WAGA-TV’s “Georgia Gang,” is eating a little crow today. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann gave him the silver “runner-up” for “Worst Person in the World” on the May 9 edition of “Countdown.”

A little explanation is needed:

The two groups most hated by right-wing blowhards are MoveOn.org and Media Matters.

MoveOn.org organizes at the grass roots. Meanwhile, Media Matters
diligently documents the errors, misstatements, fabrications, falsehoods, mendacities, fibs, lies and canards of the right’s pundits. The pundits, since reality is not an issue to them, concoct more errors, misstatements, fabrications, falsehoods, mendacities, fibs, lies and canards about Media Matters, which Media Matters then documents. It’s fun to watch.

And the most hated man by the right is George Soros, the billionaire investor who puts his money where his mouth is in backing progressive politics. For the right, this is unacceptable, ignoring the fact that conservative corporations, front groups and billionaires (e.g. Richard Mellon Scaife) make Soros look like an amateur in using money to manipulate politics.

So a popular myth among the veracity-challenged right-wingers is that Soros funds Media Matters. Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly — despite evidence to the contrary — routinely parrots that untruth. Media Matters has documented that it hasn’t received money from Soros, directly or through other organizations.

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