Fox Commentator to Join White House, Officials Say

[Jon8503]

By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: April 26, 2006
WASHINGTON, April 25 — Tony Snow, the Fox News radio and television commentator, has agreed to become the White House press secretary and could be officially named to the post as early as Wednesday, administration officials said on Tuesday.

Fox Host Said to Lean to White House Job (April 25, 2006)Unlike the soft-spoken current press secretary, Scott McClellan, who announced his resignation last week, Mr. Snow is something of a showman, having earned his living in a world in which success hinges upon being provocative.

Mr. Snow has even written recent columns critical of Mr. Bush, arguing that his White House had lost its verve and direction in his second term.

A senior administration official said the president chose Mr. Snow, 50, to become one of the most visible faces of the administration because he understood newspapers, radio, television and government, having worked in all four areas.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/washington/26snow.html?hp&ex=1146024000&en=c39d78d722b07b75&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Notoverit]

1. Fox/White House in the same sentence - not a bad combination.

They'll go down together.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Freeper to join White House

is a more truthful statement

[Hissyspit]

3. No one else would take the job?

No need to be a rat abandoning a sinking ship if you don't get on the ship in the first place.

[babylonsister]

4. No distinction now, unless journalists get real! And they will!

[Ksec]

5. Oh snap

This is telling.

Fair and balanced network talkie takes job on fair and balanced administration doing fair and balanced stuff like starting fair and balanced wars.

That seems fair and balanced.

[Erika]

6. Just another daddy Bush/Reagan hand me down

W had an opportunity to bring in a fresh face and blew it.

[wurzel]

7. "Snow"?? Apt name don't you think?

[whoneedstickets]

8. White House Shill from Fox, Now Officially on the Payroll...

New name signing the checks, same old crap spouting from the lips. Hell, its time to skip the middle man and send the cash straight to Rupert Murdoch.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. I give you a meme: "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"

I give you a meme: "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"