Lou Dobbs Interview…

The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz interviews Lou Dobbs…

Fox Business has built its brand by luring Charlie Gasparino, Liz Claman, and Dennis Kneale from CNBC, and also hiring Gerri Willis from CNN.

While Dobbs’ new program will focus on business, he will have broad latitude to sound off on just about anything. “I’m never shy about dealing with controversial issues,” he said.

As the economy increasingly emerged as the country’s dominant story, Dobbs pined for a national platform, and sealed the deal with Ailes over the last two weeks. “I think he missed it,” Magee said.

Dobbs didn’t deny that, saying: “This stuff is in my DNA.”