It's all but confirmed, Fox anchor and talk radio host Tony Snow will be the next White House spokesman.
TMV may be correct that Snow has a "solid journalism background". But as TMV also points out, he is stepping from the realm of talk radio into politics. The reverse is usually true.
In my opinion, once a person steps into the realm of talk radio, any journalistic credibility is done. Finished. Stick a fork in it.
The problem with all of talk radio is the utter absence of accountability. While the shrill "new media" shills deride the mainstream press for even the smallest misstep, I have yet to hear a single instance of a Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and cohorts state, "I'm sorry I got that wrong". These people wouldn't be able to find the word retraction in a dictionary only containing the letter R.
The minute Tony Snow stepped into the realm of zero sourcing, zero fact-checking and zero editorial control, he left behind any raimant of journalism.
Then again, White House secretary must be able to spin the truth, never admit a wrong and never apologize. So, Tony may actually be over-qualified.
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"In my opinion, once a person steps into the realm of talk radio, any journalistic credibility is done. Finished. Stick a fork in it."
What's even worse is that a lot of them have never been journalists (Rush was a Top 40 dj and a marketing exec for the Kansas City Royals). They're essentially nothing more than obscenely overpaid barstool philosophers with microphones. It especially galls me to see when the news networks give them credibility by presenting them as pundits when they are nothing more than opinionated blowhards.
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