Tony Snow Joins CNN As Political Contributor

Tony Snow is joining CNN as a conservative commentator, the network announced today. Snow, who spent 10 years at Fox News, left his job as White House Press Secretary in September, saying he needed to make more money to support his family.

"In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television," CNN/US President Jon Klein said. "He will contribute a unique breadth of political and journalistic expertise to what is already the most provocative and wide-ranging political analysis on the air."

"I'm delighted to be able to join CNN during the most exciting and unpredictable political year in memory," Snow said. "The big challenge in 2008 is to develop deep, creative and aggressive analysis of both political parties, their candidates and campaigns. I'm eager to get started, since this race is sure to shape American politics for years to come."

Update: The Politico's Michael Calderone spoke wtih Snow, who assured him that he still loves his old friends at Fox News:

"Make no mistake, I love the folks at Fox," Snow told [Calderone] this afternoon, by phone from Spokane, Washington.

"Everybody is going to try and create a Fox and CNN narrative out of this," said Snow, who also mentioned that he "love[s]" Fox News chief Roger Ailes and would "walk over broken glass" for Bill O'Reilly.

Previously:
Tony Snow Takes Job With Bill O'Reilly
Breaking: Tony Snow To Step Down, Dana Perino To Step Up (In Size Six Shoes)
Full press release below:

Tony Snow Joins CNN as Political Contributor

Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning today, it was announced by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. A well-known and respected observer of politics with a longstanding news background, Snow will contribute to CNN as the network continues to broadcast winning political coverage.

Snow most recently served as press secretary to President George W. Bush from April 2006 to September 2007. For 10 years beginning in 1996, he appeared on Fox News Channel, hosting Fox News Sunday, Weekend Live with Tony Snow and other programs. From 2003 to 2006, The Tony Snow Show aired on Fox News Radio. Before joining Fox, Snow served as a substitute "From the Right" co-host for CNN's Crossfire.

"In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television," Klein said. "He will contribute a unique breadth of political and journalistic expertise to what is already the most provocative and wide-ranging political analysis on the air."

"I'm delighted to be able to join CNN during the most exciting and unpredictable political year in memory," Snow said. "The big challenge in 2008 is to develop deep, creative and aggressive analysis of both political parties, their candidates and campaigns. I'm eager to get started, since this race is sure to shape American politics for years to come."

During the 1990s, Snow was a regular guest host for Rush Limbaugh's radio program. He was the writer, correspondent and host of a PBS news special, The New Militant Center, a regular commentator for National Public Radio and a frequent guest on numerous televised news programs. Snow joined the administration of President George H. W. Bush in 1991 and served first as chief speechwriter and then as media affairs adviser.

In addition to his experience in government, television and radio, Snow spent more than two decades as an award-winning newspaper writer beginning with the Greensboro Record in 1979. He went on to be a columnist for USA Today and Creators Syndicate and an editorial page editor for The Washington Times.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

Comments

[tomcatv1]

He went to CNN too quickly. He could have been the hack editor to the hack publisher at Newsday.

[MaracaKabob]

Good for CNN, Tony Snow is a remarkable liar, a very well spoken and elegant liar.

[rubes187]

I will never watch CNN again. Do people not understand that Mr. Snows job is to lie. He is a PR rep for the republicans. He will just spin and talk his way around every negative issue. He is already on CNN saying he thinks John Mccain will win, and that people will fall out of love with Obama ( of course he isnt mentioning thats because his fellow republicans will spend every dime they have attacking Obama on issues of little importance or little truth) CNN this is as bad as the NYT hiring Bill Kristal BOOOOO

[nogimmicks]

CNN and the current neoconservative government are controlled by the same bosses.

[willisbones]

Tony Snow, Dick Cheney, Dick Morris and too many others. Is it just me, or do all these people LOOK like they are talking out of the corner of their mouths?

[rextrek]

CNN LOSES MOre credibility with Hiring this FOOL! along with Beck and a few others....­..Disgusti­ng!

[seenitall]

hey CNN...Scoo­ter has some free time.

[AKJM]

FLAG
MODERATORS YOU OWE US ALL AN APOLOGY
ON PAGE FIVE OR SIX A POST IS MADE THAT IS BOTH DISGUSTING AND OFF TOPIC.
YOU SAY THAT YOU DON'T CENSOR, YET I CAN'T POST A DIFFERENT OPINION OR SUGGEST OPTIONS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE--- BUT YOU WILL POST AND CONTINUE TO POST
THE DISGUSTING FILTH FROM KELLYGRRRRL. (4 r's)

[MaracaKabob]

ALL CAPS users should be banned.
Stop yelling at us with your keyboard, it's rude.

[AKJM]

Two things: First, thank you for removing that post and two, MaracaKabob I would have increased the font as well. Obviously you did not view the obscenity.

[HippieChick]

The moderators need to know about issues such as this, of course. "4 rs" should definitely be flagged and banished. The legitimate communication from Kelly "3 rs" should never be confused with the vile bigotry from the keyboard of "4 rs." Hopefully, the moderators will banish this attempt at troll theft of a screen name as effectively as they have eliminated the irritating and recurring spam attempts from that stupid "millionaire" site. Just keep flagging; the moderators catch on pretty fast.

[sleeperd]

Dang!! Given the poisonous venom that appears regularly on this website, that must have been some post.

Did someone speak approvingly of Pres. Bush?

[rextrek]

CNN is/ and has been SCRAPING the Bottom of the Barrell of Late...Thi­s SNow nit-wit,Be­ck..? Aaargh - its making it harder to watch'm...

[wm1066]

I agree, I can only watch a little bit of Jack, no more Lou Dobbs, forget even looking at the morning show . I can handle some of Larry King when he isn't beating to death the latest missing blond story.
I wont be watching Snow, he lied us into this war.

[GerryS]

another GOP scuzzball-

[marika]

I don't watch the TV much atl for news so with this "boy" as commentator on CNN I'll skip them althogether.

[NelsonR]

Now for once we can hear how beneficial Bush/Cheney and McBush have been towards America.

Now Tony can enlighten us with all our success's, the war, our economy, our leaders, Americas reputation in the world, WOW we can do no better. You go Tony, I am anticipating true entertaining rhetoric.

[gaydem]

Big, BIG Yawn!

[MANK]

Saw Tony for the first time on Larry King on Monday night. His first statement was that Clinton does not reach across the aisle in the Senate. Even John McCain does not agree with that. More bias blah, blah, blah,blah,blah.

[Scytherius]

CNN . . . Faux News wannabe

[seamunky]

Media bias marches on...anoth­er Fox channel

[clintonius]

Rewarding another serial liar with a job. Way to go CNN. Showing once again how disreputable you are as a news organization.