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FenrirIII to News@lemmy.world • 10 months ago

Lou Dobbs, Fox Business host, dies at 78

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Lou Dobbs, Fox Business host, dies at 78

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FenrirIII to News@lemmy.world • 10 months ago
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Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and longtime cable TV host for Fox Business and CNN, dies at 78
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Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and veteran cable TV host who was a founding anchor for CNN and later was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died.
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  • @MagicShel@programming.dev
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    177•10 months ago

    Such a shame about Bob Newhart.

    • @Wogi@lemmy.world
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      68•10 months ago

      Tragedy always strikes in threes.

      Hearing about Bob makes me wonder what the other two will be.

      • The Pantser
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        56•10 months ago

        Richard Simmons and Shelly Duvall both died in this last week.

        • @Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
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          34•10 months ago

          Don’t forget Shannen Doherty.

          • The Pantser
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            22•10 months ago

            Oh yeah so we’re like on 5 now with Dr Ruth, so one more to complete the 3.

            • @Wogi@lemmy.world
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              7•10 months ago

              … Are they accepting nominations… Asking for um… Asking for a friend…

              • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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                6•10 months ago

                Has to be a tragedy. Not anyone who doesn’t spark joy. That also rules out you, Wogi.

                • @Wogi@lemmy.world
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                  11•10 months ago

                  I’ll have you know my dogs would be devastated about missing dinner.

            • @Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
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              2•10 months ago

              Double three peat.

        • @goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          21•10 months ago

          Doctor Ruth died in-between those two; we’re onto a new set of threes now.

        • @Wogi@lemmy.world
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          14•10 months ago

          Nooooooooooo. I’d heard about Simmons but not Duvall.

        • @VanillaBean@lemmy.world
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          10•10 months ago

          Yes! And it didn’t get much coverage because some convicted felon got shot at in rural Pennsylvania at a rally. Such a shame!

          • pubquiz
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            6•10 months ago

            ~~some convicted felon ~~

            some rando grifter FTFY

            • @VanillaBean@lemmy.world
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              2•10 months ago

              I stand corrected. Thank you.

  • @RustyShackleford@literature.cafe
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    10 months ago

    https://i.gifer.com/embedded/download/fke.gif

    • teft
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      Add a ! in front of your first [ to embed your gif instead of having it a download link.

      • @RustyShackleford@literature.cafe
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        10•10 months ago

        Thanks, I always tend to forget. Should be fixed now.

  • @Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
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    37•10 months ago

    Good riddance.

    • @Synthuir@lemmy.ml
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      11•10 months ago

      Time of your life

      • @bazus1@lemmy.world
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        2•10 months ago

        Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

    • @robocall@lemmy.world
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      7•10 months ago

      that’s the first thing that came to my mind

  • @Jakdracula@lemmy.world
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    32•10 months ago

    Great news!

  • @Nobody@lemmy.world
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    31•10 months ago

    I remember Dobbs used to have polls on CNN that would consistently come back at 95% plus in favor of his position. The polls were always worded like, “Are you in favor of destroying America with open borders that allow drugs and sex trafficking?”

    I went online and voted in them sometimes to boost the “bad” answer.

    • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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      2•10 months ago

      LOL yes!!! I absolutely remember this and would do the same thing, haha

  • @jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    29•10 months ago

    Obama birther conspiracy believer, climate change denier, anti-immigration liar, trump supporter, george soros conspiracy peddler. Fuck him. Glad he’s dead. Better late than never.

  • @GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
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    26•10 months ago

  • pubquiz
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    20•10 months ago

    Excellent news. Once planted six feet under, the world will gain a unisex outdoor washroom. Well done, Lou.

  • @Djtecha@lemm.ee
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    16•10 months ago

    Rest in piss. As always.

  • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    13•10 months ago

    I thought it was so weird how his big thing was “illegal immigration” and “illegal aliens” but then he would caveat his position with the fact that his wife was Mexican so basically his view was okay and he could say that.

    It was absolutely the “my best friend is Black” but about his wife. So fucking weird.

    • @profdc9@lemmy.world
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      4•10 months ago

      Mental compartmentalization is a real thing.

  • @ganksy@lemmy.world
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    11•10 months ago

    Absolutely astonishing to watch him go from a moderate ( right-center in the west) on CNN to whack-job boot-licker in the span of two years. But I’m old. Most people probably just saw a glass-house throwing troll. He was an opportunist. Fuck. That troll.

    • @tastysnacks@programming.dev
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      3•10 months ago

      The right is very profitable

    • @Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
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      2•10 months ago

      Too many people become this

  • @Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    5•10 months ago

    I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

  • @Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    3•10 months ago

    I misread this as James Dobson, but I’ll take Lou Dobbs as well.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun
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    2•10 months ago

    Wait…was Lou Dobbs nothing more than a long running satirical performance piece by Bob Newhart?

    I don’t believe in coincidences…

    /s obviously.

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