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Show The Salt Lake Tribune TELEVISION Monday, May 21, 2001 Dobbs Returns as Anchor But Shans CNN Ethics Manual BY HOWARD KURTZ ‘THE WASHINGTON POST speech toacorporation, andjournalists all over the country do that.” He said then he made far more money giving On his second program after returning as the anchor of CNN's “Moneyline,” Lou Dobbs on Tuesday interviewed Jacques Nasser, the chief executive of Ford Motor Co. “Well, Jacques, we wish you all the ee nan mi acctng Ob speaker, At the announcement last monththat AOL Time Warner had lured Dobbs back to the anchor chair Dobbs will be seeing Nasser’s colleagues quite soon. He is a featured confirmed ing paid for his appearance at the President's Club, an organization of the automaker's top 300 dealers. They would not comment on one person's accountthat Dobbs is receivingatleast the $30,000 fee offered to other speakers, “Lou made speaking commitments prior to his going to CNN, and CNN executives agree that he should honor those commitments,” a Jelineck declined to discuss Dobbs’ fee, saying, “If he wants to tell you,let him do that.” The veteran anchor found himself CNN last month, he gave upthe chief executive's job at Space.com but remains a major stockholder and still sits on the board ofdirectors. . Ford spokesman John Jelineck said Dobbs was invited because “he’s kind the more than $15,000 he received for the outside work, Days before apologizing, Dobbs told The Washington Post that “it is nonsensical to talk aboutthis as a conflict of interest any more than giving a forasalary estimated at several million dollars, -he said: “At every speaking engagementI've donesince left CNN, everyone has asked me when I was coming back to CNN.” Dobbs's much- ballyhooed return to CNN was de- signed to give a boost to “Moneyline,” which had been hosted by Stuart Varney and Willow Bay and was badly trailing CNBC's “Business Center.” The Dobbs show nearly tied “Business Center” Monday, but its ratings dropped greatly Tuesday, giving CNBC 274,000 households and “Moneyline” 196,000, Kurtz, The Post's media reporter, appears on CNN's weekly media : j i crop’ dealers, said. Nasser will not be there, but Ford Division President Jim O'Connor will program, the University ofChicago. @ 7:00 7:30 9:00 8:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 an Indian massacre, 11:00 11:30 8792150 wr (N) (CC) 498247 they Vv 3 VivViyviVivivivivivivvey Channel ane (1964, Comedy) Potor Sators, Diane Voor An Arabpoet jn] (ae #e8)"The eer(v60m OAsNe ‘Aroporter ties to save an 4 Ww {you haveYER wtheYER pasare ty VR, Ps toOM ty rt youhavcatericapemah ure yocatarimer | | LVNeetnoy ne pn ge | [Aon som a pte5 |
