Well, there's not much to say besides Howard Dean has gotten a job as a regular contributor on CNBC.
From Sam Stein at HuffPo
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean will become a regular contributor for the business news network CNBC, a source close to the former Vermont Governor confirms. Dean started his new gig on Monday morning with a guest-hosting appearance on the station.
More below.
From Newser.com
"This was in the works long before the Jon Stewart stuff," a source says "but it will be good for our side to have him on.
Does seem that this has been planned before Stewarts CNBC smackdown.
HuffPo continues:
The move comes at a time when CNBC is under intense pressure to change its format and criticism for its failures to report or foresee much of today's economic crisis. In this regard, Dean -- who worked on Wall Street after graduating college and has family ties to the financial sector, but has nevertheless been an early critic of the business practices that contributed to the current recession -- should be a refreshing presence, particularly for progressive economists.
Right, what he said.
If there is any goal when it comes to influencing CNBC (seems to be a lost cause to me, and I'm sure most people) it would be to get more progressive economists on the network.
Here's a graphical reminder from ThinkProgressduring the Recovery&Reinvestment fight to remind us what we're up against:
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And another reminder from MediaMatters:
A Media Matters study of Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 8 found that few economists have been given time on television to talk about the economic recovery plan. During 139 1/2 hours of programming in which the economic recovery legislation was discussed, economists made 25 guest appearances out of a total of 460 -- only 5 percent.
We have a lot of work to do, keep fighting the good fight!