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| Bob Novak to Fox in 2006 |
| 2005-12-16 |
| HT Drudge 'Crossfire's' Novak exits CNN for Fox News By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK -- Robert Novak, whose syndicated column sparked the CIA leak case and who stormed off a CNN set earlier this year, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor. Novak, 74, and the network mutually decided not to renew his contract the ends Dec. 31. Fox News Channel confirmed Friday that he would be a contributor to the network beginning in January. Once one of the most recognizable faces at CNN and one of the few conservative voices there, Novak had fallen out of favor with CNN brass in recent years with his style and the pundit-debate format of shows like "Crossfire" and "The Capital Gang," which he executive produced. Novak bore the brunt of a sustained assault by "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, who had been turned off by Novak's still-undetermined role in the Valerie Plame-CIA leak case that led to the jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller and the indictment of administration aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. But he wasn't there when Stewart appeared on "Crossfire" and accused the show of "hurting America." |
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