Meet Tony Snow. You used to know him as a Fox News talking head. Now you know him as the White House's talking head. And it's a job he's well prepared for: He spins "news" like a pro. He asks the tough questions. He calls proud Mexicans "idiots." But most importantly, he makes Joe Scarborough's face look not as long.
Tony Snow truthiness record [YouTube]
Say goodbye to the double chin. Say goodbye to the on-the-cusp-of-sweating forehead. Say goodbye to the not-so-subtly snide remarks made to the press corp. We'll miss you, Scott McClellan — but not as much as NBC's drunk dialing David Gregory, who fondly refers to McClellan as a "jerk."
The real question, of course, is why this announcement wasn't made at 9pm on Friday.
Staff Overhaul Continues at White House [John O'Neil, NYT]
From Dick Cheney's first interview about "the worst day of his life," when he shot hunting partner Harry Whittington:
"Ultimately, I'm the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round that hit Harry," he said in a televised interview with the Fox News anchor Brit Hume in Washington.
Glad we got the chain of events linked up, in a manner that's uncomfortably close to a certain Passover sing-a-long, "Had Gadya":
A fire burned the heavy stick that beat the dog
that bit the cat
That ate the kid,
One little kid
My father bought for two zuzim.
Cheney Takes Full Responsibility for Shooting Hunter [Maria Newman, NYT]
• Oh, wow. The Washington Post finally realized that the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue hit newsstands. [WaPo]
• Feeling like you need to broaden your media horizons to incorporate topics other than Rolling Stone sex romps? Add Chicago's new blog Beep to your RSS feed. [Beep]
• The White House launches its new anti-drug campaign. Instead of running over a girl on her bike at McDonald's, an LSD tripping crazy man with a BB gun is going to shoot all his friends in the heart. [Media Week]
• Snow is pretty, oh so pretty. It's so lovely and fluffy and white. And we pity any weather guy with only one poetic description to write. [WWD]
• Just when you thought Flava' Flave was going to ruin reality TV forever, VH1 presents The Surreal life of un celebreality D-Lists face-off. [NYDN]
