Former White House press secretary and FOX News commentator Tony Snow is joining CNN. He'll be a conservative commentator for the news network. He was actually on the network before, as a fill-in host on Crossfire. But then he went to FOX News, where he hosted FOX News Sunday from 1996 to 2003. He was also a speech writer for the first President Bush.
Anchors and pundits change networks all of the time, but one of the reasons that this is a little surprising is that Snow is currently a substitute host on Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor radio show on the FOX Radio Network. I would have to assume that he will no longer have that role (O'Reilly once warned him about going to CNN).
Snow was treated for cancer twice, once for colon cancer in 2005 and then again last year, when he had surgery to remove a growth. He left his position as White House press secretary in 2007 not because of the cancer but because he wasn't making enough money. He is also reportedly working on a book.
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4-22-2008 @ 4:07PM
WhatI said...
Just what CNN needs - another partisan commentator. Most of CNN's time is devoted to arguments between the left and the right, rather than exploring the middle ground and looking for solutions. Sound familiar?
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4-22-2008 @ 4:27PM
mike said...
That's what happens when entertainment passes as news. It takes time/skill/money/manpower to actually investigate and ferret out the facts. Putting 2 talking heads on screen and letting them yell at one another is cheap tv.
4-22-2008 @ 4:21PM
I miss my stars! said...
Wow. The difference between the photo on the blog and the photo of Snow on the link are quite dramatic. The treatment must have been very tough on him. I wish him Good Health.
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4-22-2008 @ 5:01PM
Jim said...
Max Headroom
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4-22-2008 @ 5:09PM
John Howard said...
That's what I came here to say. Creepy.
4-22-2008 @ 5:47PM
Cincinnati Mike said...
"He left his position not because of the cancer but because he wasn't making enough money."
Yes and no...my understanding is he is terminal--or damn close. He wants to make as much bank as he can before he goes.
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4-22-2008 @ 6:11PM
LC said...
I believe he is in remission again, but wants to make as much money for his family as he can since he has resigned himself to the fact that the cancer could surface again.
4-23-2008 @ 7:51AM
Cincinnati Mike said...
Thanks for the clarification LC. I just didn't want it to read like a greedy career move--which I'm sure wasn't Bob's intention, anyway.
4-23-2008 @ 12:37PM
Franklin said...
You didn't make it sound like he was being greedy. It's perfectly understandable for someone facing the possibility of imminent mortality to want to set up his/her survivors as comfortably as possible.
I don't think you or Bob intended to imply otherwise.