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Many give Bill O'Reilly credit for popularizing the idea of a prime-time cable news host who forces his opinions on everyone else, and rightfully so. That forcefulness of opinions, whether right or wrong, has been intimidated several times over with little success. I feel Lou Dobbs got lost in that middle ground - where he's hated by blogs for all the dumb things he says but does not draw the ratings. And now, he's officially leaving CNN.

Before Glenn Beck perfected it, Lou Dobbs promoted his show by linking everything to a rather disgusting hatred for immigrants. Basically blaming them for everything. His brand of forcefulness was nothing like the compelling variety O'Reilly had or the train wreck of Beck. It was just awful.

I think CNN deserves some credit here. While MSNBC and Fox News push for ratings by blatantly aligning with the left and right, respectively, CNN does its best to shoot straight for the center. Or whatever Rick Sanchez is. The channel is at least making an effort to keep journalistic integrity. Even the analysis shows like Anderson Cooper 360 and The Situation Room are almost too fair for their own good.

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Some things are inevitable, I guess.