Fox News has canceled Lou Dobbs tonight and the pro-Trump host is not expected to return to the television news airwaves, according to a report Friday evening.
The Los Angeles Times reports
Dobbs' show, which airs twice nightly at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern on Fox Business Network, will air its finale Friday, according to a Fox News representative who confirmed the cancellation. lation Starting next week, the show will be called “Fox Business Tonight,” with backup hosts Jackie DeAngelis and David Asman, who filled in for Dobbs on Friday.
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[P]people familiar with the discussions say a decision to end Dobbs' program was under consideration before the legal issues with Smartmatic arose. (Fox News said it is maintaining coverage of the 2020 election and will “defend this meritless lawsuit in court.”)
“As we said in October, Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes and plans are in place to launch new formats after the election, including on Fox Business,” a Fox News representative said in a statement obtained by by time. “This is part of the planned changes. In the near future, a new schedule will be announced at 5 p.m.
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement about the cancellation of Dobbs' show, saying: “Lou Dobbs is i was great. no one loves america month what Lou.”
“He had a significant and loyal following who will be watching for his next move, and that following includes me,” the former president added.
The sudden development comes after voting systems company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and hosts Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo. Smartmatic alleges that the network spread falsehoods about the company that caused financial and reputational damage. Dominion Voting Systems, another voting software system, recently sued Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell for $1.3 billion over their claims of voter fraud.
Fox News maintains that the voting systems company's claims against it are without merit.
Smartmatic is represented by J. Erik Connolly, who previously won what is believed to be the largest US media defamation settlement, at least $177 million, for an ABC News report describing the meat product of beef from a company as “pink bava”.
“Very rarely do you see a news organization going against the same goals day after day after day,” Connolly said in an interview. “We couldn't have rigged this election because we weren't even in the contested states to do it.”
Fox, after receiving a retraction demand from Smartmatic's lawyers in December, aired what it called a “fact-checking segment” with an election technology expert. In the segment, the expert said there was no evidence of tampering, which the defendants knew from the beginning and reported elsewhere on the network, according to the complaint.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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