Sad, sad news
June 13th, 2008 at 07:09pm Pat Cunningham
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Not one of Tim Russert’s biggest fans, I nonetheless find myself shocked and deeply saddened at the news that he died unexpectedly this afternoon at the age of only 58.
HERE’s a remembrance of Russert from Freeport native Dan Balz, a correspondent for the Washington Post.
UPDATE: Here’s the video of Tom Brokaw’s bulletin on NBC:
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1. Leatherneck | June 13th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Yes he will be missed. Tim had good questions and a good BS detector. I will always remember that (among so many other things) Tim Russert was the journalist whom in 2005, Barack Obama promised that he would serve out his full Senate term.
2. ruth meiborg | June 13th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
tim was a great news man he would get right to the point
and wasnt afraid to ask a question
he will be missed very very much
3. Menlo Bob | June 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Not one of his fans? That’s right, you’re into the speenetic Keith Olbermannnnn.
4. Menlo Bob | June 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Or…Spleenetic.
5. Millard Fillmore | June 14th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Could we possibly NOT use the occasion of this man’s death to make political statements?
6. kaus | June 14th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Millard, Pat broke that rule a long time ago with his remarks on our conservative hero Mr. William F. Buckley. Although I agree with you, we should honor the deceased….Russert was a fine man. He was a democrat who showed very little bias in his work, unlike others.
I am suprised Pat didn’t care for him…he was Irish American, Catholic, liberal…….
7. Pat Cunningham | June 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Once again, Kaus, you’re putting words in my mouth. I did NOT say I “didn’t care” for Russert. I said I was not one of his biggest fans, which is borne out by the many tributes declaring him to have been one of the all-time greats of journalism. To me, the death of Ed Bradley in November, 2006, was a bigger loss. Of course, compared with the likes of a small-time journalistic mediocrity like me, Russert was a giant, and he was better than most network TV journalists. But I don’t consider him anywhere near the equal of Ed Murrow, David Brinkley or certain others over the years. Russert was more an interviewer than a reporter. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but he never achieved any investigative triumphs. He was a fairly good “gotcha” interviewer, which, I agree, we always need in our media. He wasn’t really a commentator, either. He offered analyses from time to time, but he didn’t often stake out clear positions on political controversies. He never went as far as Murrow, Cronkite, Brinkley or even Bob Schieffer.
8. kaus | June 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I put words in your mouth again. “not one of his biggest fans” begged for clarification. You have given it and now I am able to have inner peace.
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