Brian Stelter: Lou Dobbs Show Cancellation Is Result of ‘Consequence Culture’

EXCERPT:

STELTER: "But let's begin by going behind the scenes of Pox's surprise ouster of Lou Dobbs. It is not cancel culture here. It is consequence culture. What are the consequences for riling up people with reckless lies about a democracy that most Americans cherish? Well, lately there have not been many consequences. But maybe that’s changing. Maybe. The pro-Trump love-in, the lie fest known as 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' was canceled on Friday, one day after Dobbs was singled out in a $2.7 billion lawsuit from the voting tech company Smartmatic. The company alleges that Fox and Dobbs and Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani all waged a disinformation campaign against the company in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power. There are other lawsuits coming, too, and we'll get to those in a little bit with a spokesman for another company that was smeared by the likes of Dobbs.”