LARRY ROIBAL

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John King will take over for the outspoken Lou Dobbs on CNN. You know, he’s the guy who looks like he stepped out of a Leyendecker, Arrow Collar painting and zooms in and out on the giant map with two outstretched pointer fingers.

I applaud CNN for moving away from punditry and back to news.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

President Obama continues to be a president of firsts. Yesterday he appeared on CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, and Univision network to talk about his health care proposals. The five interviews marked the most talk show appearances on a single Sunday by a president. Conspicuously absent from the lineup was Fox News.