Howard Dean lands job at CNBC.

[madfloridian]

Very interesting. They maybe really are looking for a change.

Howard Dean Lands Job at CNBC

Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney confirmed this morning that Dean has signed a deal to contribute analysis over at the business-centric CNBC.

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.

CNBC insists they began talks with Dean far before grassroots groups and comedian Jon Stewart took aim at the station for its unfortunate predications leading into the economic collapse. Regardless of timing, Dean’s presence will surely help steer CNBC back into good graces. And executives are wasting no time getting him on the small screen: Dean co-hosted Squawk Box this morning.

Good for him.

[goforit]

1. Actually, this is good. I would rather him be here than with the flipflops of the WH

[napi21]

2. I'd love to know when he will be on. I don't usually listen to CNBC

and view most of the people on there to be radical guessers! They're either ALL extremely optimistic or extremely pessimistic, and never really give a streight answer to anything. I would like to listen to Howard though...at least for a while.

[madfloridian]

3. We never watch it either.

And that Squawk box show is early morning I think.

He could be a refreshing voice...hope it works that way.

[lame54]

4. ''unfortunate predications leading into the economic collapse."...

Yes, how "unfortunate" that they are incompetent and/or crooked

[Brazenly Liberal]

5. I hope he ends up with a regular time slot

I love me some Howard Dean, but I just can't sit and watch hours of CNBC waiting for him to turn up.

[Why Syzygy]

6. My retired roommate watches it ALL day every day. nt

[Brazenly Liberal]

7. Did s/he lose the remote?

:)

[Why Syzygy]

10. No. Just money.

:patriot:

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. CNBC? Nobody watches that shit (Except Jon Stewart, when he's looking for material)

They should give Dr. Dean the 10 PM Eastern slot on MSNBC instead (following Rachel's show)

[bermudat]

9. I will definitely watch when he is on.

I am still a Deaniac and for the life of me cannot understand why the Democratic party is holding him at arm's length.

[emilyg]

11. So will I.

[madfloridian]

12. Interesting...he can only appear on NBC shows or network shows...

But not cable shows...I guess they mean other cable news shows.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0309/Dean_stays_neutral_in_StewartCramer_spat.html?showall

"oward Dean, who joined CNBC today as a contributor, is staying out of the network’s recent battle with “The Daily Show."

“I’m going to be neutral between Jon Stewart -- who I’m enormously fond of -- and Cramer,” Dean told POLITICO this afternoon.

While familiar Stewart’s criticism -- which he called “healthy” for the media -- Dean said he didn’t watch the infamous Cramer sit-down. And Dean, by his account, started talking to CNBC about a month ago, well before the recent brouhaha.

After appearing on CNBC from the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Dean was told he might be good a as a network contributor. Karen Finney, a Democratic strategist and former DNC communications director, helped move things along.

This morning, Dean appeared on "Squawk Box", where the news was announced. Under his CNBC deal, Dean can appear on NBC networks or the broadcast networks, but needs permission to go on the cable news channels.

Having once worked on Wall Street, but more recently being DNC chairman, Dean said that CNBC will bring him on for a variety of issues, but there's no set number of appearances.

“I like CNBC because I can offer them a different perspective that they would find useful,” Dean said."