R.I.P. Tim Russert
Friday, June 13, 2008
Damn. Meet the Press was a great show and Tim Russert was a smart, brave journalist. There seem to be so few out there, especially on American TV.
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Posted by godjilla (Jill Ensley) on June 13, 2008 at 5:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sad news indeed.
He was only 58 too.
Posted by alm77 (anonymous) on June 15, 2008 at 11:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Tim was awesome. I'll never forget the night of the 2000 elections when he whipped out that white dry erase board and started going to town. He always had a way of asking questions and making his points without being snarky. I liked that about him especially.
Posted by OtherJoel (anonymous) on June 15, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Meet the Press has been a Sunday morning tradition for me for probably ten years. It's pretty much the only television news program I watch, because no one was better at making politicians squirm than Russert. While he didn't shy from confronting them, he was still civil about it, and he made sure he had the facts and quotes to back himself up. I would get giddy when he would say "are you sure about that?" because you knew he was getting ready to hand their ass to them, usually using the interviewee's own words from a few months prior.
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