Over the weekend, Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten tore into Lou Dobbs and his “Corrupt News Network,” calling out the brown-skin-a-phobe for making “opposition to illegal immigration and free trade the centerpiece of his neonativist/neopopulist platform” all in hopes of boosting ratings against the other cable nets. Last night, Dobbs returned the favor, calling Rutten an “elitist partisan” and a “lousy media critic.” Ooooh! Can’t wait to see which employer-sanctioned fighting words they use when the LAT and CNN (and Politico) team up for the January debates.