Let It Snow.. Tony Snow.. (New White House Press Secretary)

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<p>Apparently, the recommendations for Jack Bauer, Ann Coulter, and Bill Clinton to be appointed as Press Secretary went unheeded:</p>

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_snow;_ylt=Ai_TMfOk0.grAG_cxyQnplKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_snow;_ylt=Ai_TMfOk0.grAG_cxyQnplKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Fox News to the White House, no big deal, just an interdepartmental transfer. Yawn.</p>

<p>How long until the first headline reads “White House Snow Job”?</p>

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<p>Time for Scottie to make some Texas oil money, while there’s still time! ;)</p>

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<p>I can’t figure for the life of me why Snow would take the job.</p>

<p>Press secretary for the final years of a lame-duck president with a 32% approval rating? What’s second prize?</p>

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<p>Ego…and he worked for Fox, didn’t he? ANd he is a Bush Sr. alumni, so all in the family</p>

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<p>I think it’s perfect. Where else could he find a person comfortable with lying 24/7 than at Fox News?</p>

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<p>“Interdepartmental transfer”! ROTFLMAO!!!</p>

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<p>Daily Show reported: “Fox Populi”</p>

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<p>Tony Snow will add a lot of credibility to the position. Most importantly, I doubt he will put up with the outrageous and uncivil behavior of David Gregory and Helen Thomas. Those two really make journalists look bad. They don’t ask balanced questions – they simply state their liberal agenda in the form of a question.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/25/snow-on-bush/[/url]”>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/25/snow-on-bush/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Snow’s quite a conservative and he seldom goes after Bush very much, but on those rare occasions, he has some REALLY colorful quotes.</p>

<p>…“like a soul tortured with Tourette’s”</p>

<p>Somehow I don’t think that’s going to be incorporated into any future press conferences about our dear President. The first order of the day is going to be a little recantation, methinks. :)</p>

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<p>Just happened to look at the Davidson website - Tony Snow is a '77 graduate.</p>

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<p>Instead of just reporting Faux Gnus, now he can actually help manufacture it! ;)</p>

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<p>Interdepartmental transfer? Good line! Let’s see…Tim Russert to “Meet the Press” from Pat Moynihan’s office…check. George Stephanopolous from the Clinton White House to “This Week”…check. Chris Matthews from Tip O’Neill’s office to “Hardball” and others…Check. I think you’re on to something.</p>

<p>BTW–I’d like one of you to come up with an example of manufactured news that you claim to see on FOX. Bill O’Reilly is opinion, I’m talking about something from the news department.</p>

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<p>Not manufactured, just customized.</p>

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<p>LGM–
OK, shoot.</p>

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<p>driver:</p>

<p>Fox’s game plan is well known: straightforward rehash of AP coverage for national stories and come down hard on the right with opinion. That’s what I meant by my above comment. Fox has slyly deflected bias criticism with this approach. Here’s an interesting link from 2001 with some details. The man of the hour, Tony Snow gets his due:</p>

<p><a href=“FAIR - FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.”>FAIR - FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.;

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<p>Nonononono, LGM,
I want YOUR take. Since the bias is so obvious, there’s no reason for you to rely on a lefty advocacy group. Admit it. You don’t watch it, you don’t know what you’re talking about.</p>

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<p>driver:</p>

<p>I guess I don’t write clearly. Let me try once more. I am agreeing with you. Fox presents its basic coverage evenly. If you go to foxnews.com, you’ll see that the news stories are just AP feeds. Its clear that you already know everything regarding the national media, so I just posted the above link for others who might like some background on Fox’s conservative slant. </p>

<p>You are right, I don’t watch Fox News, but I am devoted to “House”.</p>

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<p>It’s going to be fun - watching a former TV commentator lose his composure as the savvy DC reporters rip at him in the press conferences.</p>

<p>Another wrinkle to “Fair and Balanced.” ;)</p>

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<p>It’s going to be fun - watching a former TV commentator lose his composure as the savvy DC reporters rip at him in the press conferences.</p>

<p>Another wrinkle to “Fair and Balanced.” ;)</p>

<p>Maybe Anne Coulter will be next? Just let us - the Blue People of the DC Metro area - get our boxing gloves dusted off first.</p>