# Fox cancels Lou Dobbs! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291 "2021-02-06T00:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/101 "2021-02-10T05:12:46Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The problem that cable news has is that most days there really isn’t enough news to actually fill a 24 hour cycle. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Sure there is. They are just limited in their concept of news, and in which countries are worth hearing about. Back when Walter Cronkite was alive he took the entire text of the _CBS Evening News_ and set it in the same font the _New York Times_ used. It filled less than half a newspaper page. He declared anyone who depends solely on television news for his information is foolish. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/102 "2021-02-10T05:27:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Back when Walter Cronkite was alive he took the entire text of the _CBS Evening News_ and set it in the same font the _New York Times_ used. Has any channel tried simply having someone read the NYTimes aloud from front to back. Heck, read the ads as well. How many hours would that fill? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/103 "2021-02-10T07:31:26Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Back when Walter Cronkite was alive he took the entire text of … Thank you for clarifying that this was one of the things he did before his death. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/104 "2021-02-10T08:12:51Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/105 "2021-02-10T16:31:04Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Thank you for clarifying that this was one of the things he did before his death. That was _supposed_ to say “still anchoring the news.” 😬 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/106 "2021-02-10T16:42:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! Now that’s a ~~name~~ meme I’ve not heard in a long time. … A long, long time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/107 "2021-02-10T17:06:31Z")
Not long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/108 "2021-02-10T17:55:56Z")
Funny. Back in January, I [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-new-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/33) that Lou Dobbs wasn’t going anywhere. > And Lou Dobbs isn’t going anywhere either. Even though he’s the granddaddy of all the Fox ranters, starting with the racist immigration bullshit and birtherism. He was all in on election fraud too. Once in a while, I’m happy to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/109 "2021-02-10T19:39:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > J’onn S’tewart Dijon Stewart ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/110 "2021-02-10T19:57:05Z")
Didn’t he play for the Bears about 8 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/111 "2021-02-10T20:15:15Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > Dijon Stewart French’s “Dijon Mustard” Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/112 "2021-02-10T20:41:10Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > French’s “Dijon Mustard” Stewart French Stewart? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/113 "2021-02-10T22:19:40Z")
I’d like a mustard steward. He’d offer me a selection for each meal. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/114 "2021-02-10T22:24:08Z")
Jean-Luc Picante? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/115 "2021-02-10T22:28:28Z")
Jean-Luc Poupon? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/116 "2021-02-10T22:32:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > French Stewart? Not with _your_ tongue! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/117 "2021-02-11T00:18:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now that’s a ~~name~~ meme I’ve not heard in a long time. … A long, long time. 😉 I think it’s more of a failed attempt at a meme. It’s not really a meme if only one person is participating. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/118 "2021-02-11T00:43:04Z")
Perhaps. A few of us threw a few things into the quarry here and there. Both then and since. Although throwing **Bo** in effigy was one of the more popular things back in the saying’s heyday. OTOH, a lot of Dopers got behind “An’ shit!” from the otherwise late mostly unlamented @Super_Kapowzler. So there’s still hope quarry-throwing-into could grow some traction. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/119 "2021-02-11T02:45:38Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I think it’s more of a failed attempt at a meme. It’s not really a meme if only one person is participating. It’s a joke that at this point only one person thinks is funny but insists on repeating until someone laughs (which is never). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/120 "2021-02-11T03:10:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s a joke that at this point only one person thinks is funny but insists on repeating until someone laughs (which is never). And he got really pissy when asked even nicely to stop. Any respect I had for him evaporated, which he will be pleased to know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291.md?page=7)