Dobbs Blasts N.Y. Times' Friedman

Firing back at New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, an obviously angry CNN's Lou Dobbs says the acclaimed foreign correspondent blatantly distorted his position on immigration.

On his "Lou Dobbs Report" Monday night, Dobbs said that Friedman had charged that he is an ardent foe of immigration, saying that the Times columnist had "completely misconstructed, misconstrued everything I've said on this broadcast."

Quoting Friedman as saying that he has been broadcasting an "unmitigated rant against immigration" Dobbs countered that he had "never once ranted or criticized immigration ... that is simply a lie. I am strongly pro-immigration. In fact I would like to see more legal immigration in this country. I am adamantly and absolutely opposed to illegal immigration. As I have said more than once there can be no reform in our immigration laws without control of immigration and we can't control immigration unless we can control out borders."

Dobbs asked Friedman that if he was listening he would choose to correct the record.