By Greg Hazley
Fox News has signed former congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich to be contributor to the network and renewed a pact with former Bush advisor Karl Rove.
Kucinich adds an independent, liberal voice to Fox’s daytime and primetime nprogramming, as well as the Fox Business Network.
Kucinich debuted in his new role on the network Jan. 17 on “The O’Reilly Factor,” noting that Fox "unlike another network" allowed him to appear in its Democratic presidential debate before sparring with Bill O'Reilly over gun control.
Fox News chairman/CEO Roger Ailes said he has always been impressed with Kucinich’s “fearlessness and thoughtfulness,” adding that “his willingness to take a stand from his point of view makes him a valuable voice in our country’s debate.”
Kucinich, a Democrat who retired from his Ohio Congress seat in January, said the network has always provided him an opportunity to share his perspective over 16 years in Congress and his two White House bids. He told BuzzFeed that he doesn’t see himself as the “token liberal” on the conservative network: “I’m way past that in my life and career. That’s almost silly.”
He was previously mayor of Cleveland and served in the Ohio statehouse around running a marketing and PR firm, K Communications, in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Fox News has also inked a new deal with Karl Rove through the 2016 presidential election.
Rove, who was hit for refusing to concede Mitt Romney’s loss in Ohio on election night inNovember, was deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush.
Ailes praised Rove’s “detailed knowledge of state and national politics, as well as fundraising and strategy.”
Rove first joined the network in February 2008. |