CNN gives boot to talk radio hosts

"Jon Klein, the chief of CNN's U.S. operations, has issued orders that no more talk-radio hosts will be allowed on CNN News programs, according to a new report.

The move comes on the heels of the fracas that was generated when Lou Dobbs, a CNN anchor, had the audacity to question on air why President Barack Obama hasn't released his long-form birth certificate."

His questions were followed almost immediately by attacks from members of the Daily Kos website, who posted the e-mail addresses of CNN executives in a campaign to get Dobbs fired from the network

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