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Tim Russert

Tim Russert

MSNBC has the announcement here. Tom Brokaw breaking the news is here.

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Indy
June 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Increasingly, I keep wondering why this site is considered so cutting edge and so “insider” when I find this kind of stuff out first on google news.
kralmajales
June 13th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

It is a tribute…I wont say any more.

My wife and I have spent untold years waking up on Sunday morning and watching his show. I know it is almost silly to say this but I am deeply saddened and I am really going to miss him. To me, he is a major and massive part of this era in news.
Joe Pyritz
June 13th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

The reason why Tim Russert was so successful as an interviewer was his extraordinary prep he did before MTP.

I sincerely doubt the young journalists of today would really be ready to take on the amount of work that goes in to really understanding the subject matter.

Russert did and was considered a master.

His passing is a huge blow to political coverage and interviewing everywhere.
steve emerine
June 14th, 2008 at 6:49 am

I share the tributes to Tim Russert. He WAS very good.

On a local note, former KGUN reporter David Gregory undoubtedly will be one of the folks considered to replace him.