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Welcome to CNN, Tony Snow

by Bob Sassone, posted Apr 22nd 2008 3:39PM

Tony SnowFormer 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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Cincinnati Mike

"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.

April 22 2008 at 5:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jim

Max Headroom

April 22 2008 at 4:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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John Howard

That's what I came here to say. Creepy.

April 22 2008 at 5:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Emily

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.

April 22 2008 at 4:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
WhatI

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?

April 22 2008 at 4:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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mike

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.

April 22 2008 at 4:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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