Dobbs gave up on $9M

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Lou Dobbs walked away from more than $9 million when he quit CNN, ending a long-running clash that boiled over during a debate about President Obama's birth certificate, sources said yesterday.

Dobbs, who will be replaced on the network by veteran Washington political correspondent John King, abruptly announced his resignation on air Wednesday night and offered no clue about what he planned to do next.

But the beginning of the end really came in July, when CNN President Jonathan Klein told Dobbs' staff in a memo to drop so-called birther stories about conspiratorial doubts that Obama was US-born, sources told The Post.
DROP ANCHOR: Lou Dobbs, last night at home in New Jersey, announced his shock resignation after an ego clash with CNN's chief. Anchor John King (below left) replaces Dobbs in the 7 p.m. time slot.
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DROP ANCHOR: Lou Dobbs, last night at home in New Jersey, announced his shock resignation after an ego clash with CNN's chief. Anchor John King (below left) replaces Dobbs in the 7 p.m. time slot.

"It seems this story is dead because anyone who still is not convinced doesn't really have a legitimate beef," read Klein's memo to employees of "Lou Dobbs Tonight."

Klein's move incensed Dobbs, who wasn't shy about telling off his boss.

"They have been talking pretty regularly since then," a source said. "And it's been pretty bad."

CNN had also long been asking Dobbs, known for his tough stance on immigration, to tone down his harsh rhetoric.