Trivia

A CNN original, he resigned on November 11, 2010, after 29 years.

His first job was cleaning up the parking lot at a Dairy Queen.

Father of Chance, Jason, Michelle, Heather and Hillary.

A bullet struck his home in Wantage, New Jersey on October 5, 2009.

Radio talk show host.

Release of his book, "Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed is Shipping American Jobs Overseas". (2004)

Considering a run for the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat, held by Bob Menendez, in 2012 [November 25, 2009].

Joining the Fox Business Network [November 11, 2010].

Release of his book, "War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business and Special Interest Groups are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back". (2006)

Release of his book, "Independents Day: Awakening the American Spirit". (2007)

Release of his book, "Space: The Next Business Frontier". (2001)

He briefly attended the University of Idaho College of Law in Moscow, and then worked as a cash-management specialist for Union Bank of California in Los Angeles.

In 1979, he was contacted by a recruiter for Ted Turner, who was in the process of forming CNN.

Dobbs was known for his anti-immigration views, warnings about Islamist terrorism, and his opposition to outsourcing. He was also known for his pro-Trump coverage.

Although accepted at the University of Idaho and Idaho State University, he was persuaded by the staff at Minico High School to apply to Harvard University, where he was accepted and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.

After college, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C., then returned to Idaho.

In July 2009, controversy around Dobbs began when he was the only mainstream news anchor to give airtime to the birther theory. Several media watch groups, including Media Matters and the Southern Poverty Law Center, criticized Dobbs for his reporting. The controversy eventually caused CNN President Jon Klein to rein Dobbs in via an internal memorandum.

In December 2018, Dobbs suggested that the United States should start a war with China because of hacking by Chinese state actors. He compared hacking by the People's Liberation Army of China to the attack by the Japanese military on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

By the mid-1970s, he was a television anchor and reporter in Phoenix, and he later joined Seattle's KING-TV.

Dobbs won numerous major awards for his television journalism, including a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award and a Cable Ace Award.

While at Harvard, Dobbs lived in Quincy House and was elected to the Owl Club.

Advocates challenged Dobbs for appearing at a conference organized by the pro-border security group Federation for American Immigration Reform. Multiple campaigns were launched, including "Drop Dobbs" (NDN, Media Matters). The campaigns also attacked CNN for alleged hypocrisy towards Latinos, citing CNN's Latino in America special as incompatible with their continued support of Dobbs. The campaigns generated considerable anti-Dobbs press.

Lou Dobbs was an American conservative political commentator, author and television host who presented Lou Dobbs Tonight from 2003 to 2009 and 2011 to 2021.

Dobbs was reportedly paid $8 million in severance pay when he left CNN.

From 2021 until his death, he hosted The Great America Show on iHeartRadio and loudobbs.

Archive footage of him appears briefly in Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi.