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Tony Snow, R.I.P.

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Media, R.I.P.

His battle with colon cancer has finally come to an end.

Joe Gandelman, a former newsman, weighs in on Snow’s legacy…

Snow was a public figure who truly seemed to have fun at his job and did it well. He was the quintessential broadcasting pro who put a professional TV face on the White House point of view. Not all people who leave the job as press secretary do so with their integrity intact — particularly not those who’ve left administrations suffering Grand Canyon-like credibility gaps. But if Snow didn’t leave with his reputation as pure as snow, he left it unbattered unbruised and unbowed.

He was 53.

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