<p>Very sad. The fact that his son just graduated from college, and that he had just returned from a family vacation in Italy (where I’ll be going with my son next month) struck me as particularly poignant.</p>
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<p>he was one of few journalist who were fair. Rest of them are either too left or too right. They do not represent the middle ground.</p>
<p>Besides his work which so many admire, what is additionally sad to me is that he wrote two books related to fatherhood and here it is almost Father’s Day and he just returned from a celebration with his son and it just seems all that much sadder given what fatherhood meant to him. I happen to think he had a real likeable persona on TV.</p>
<p>The campaign this fall will really be lacking without him to hold McCain’s and Obama’s feet to the fire. He always did his homework. Contrary to so many shows where the commentators either a) let each side do its spin regardless of the reality or b) let candidates or their surrogates say the most outrageous things unchallenged, he actually explored their views and the contradictions in their statements.</p>
<p>Wow. Tragic loss. Really enjoyed his style of journalism. Condolences to his family and colleagues.</p>
<p>How sad and shocking his passing is. I can’t imagine what it’s been like for his wife and son to get the news while they’re so far away in Italy and have to make that horrible trip home. I’ll miss watching him on Sunday mornings.</p>
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<p>Well said. I was shocked to hear of his passing today. Whenever we happened to be home on a Sunday morning, I usually looked forward to watching Meet the Press. I felt that I could trust Tim Russert to be a tough and thorough, yet respectful and fair, interviewer. May he rest in peace.</p>
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<p>The wife and son were still in Italy? How terribly awful.</p>
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<p>I would like to add my voice to the chorus of those who will mourn the passing of this all-too-young journalist. He engendered the respect of individuals on “both sides of the aisle” and was a warm and charming individual as well. A loss to his family and colleagues, the public figures with whom he interacted and us, his viewers. I’m sure there will be a felt empty spot during much of the coverage in this election year.</p>
<p>I know I’m sad tonight.</p>
<p><a href=“%5Burl=http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060537642-post17.html]#17[/url]”>quote</a> I think Russert represented everything right in journalism. Although he was a Democrat, he questioned his Democrat guests just as hard as he questioned Republican guests…
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<p>Russert interviewed Bill Clinton in 2005. According to Russert, it was [“his</a> first Meet The Press interview since 1997”](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9327333/]"his”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9327333/):</p>
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<p>Russert missed ([Google</a> Search for “Marc Rich” in interview transcript](<a href=“Marc Rich site:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9327333/]Google - Google Search”>Marc Rich site:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9327333/ - Google Search)) a huge opportunity to ask Clinton about the [Marc</a> Rich pardon](<a href=“http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21595]Marc”>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21595) that day.</p>
<p>I’m a late-comer to the brilliance of Tim Russert, only getting to know him this past year as I started watching MSNBC and following politics a great deal more than ever before. I will never forget when he “called” the Democratic nomination for Obama that May evening. I’m so glad I happened to be watching. He seemed like an awfully good guy, and I am truly sorry for his wife and son. What a life he lived though!</p>
<p>Mr. Russert was a fine journalist. He will be missed.</p>
<p>I saw him in person one day while sharing a small table at Reagan National Airport one morning. Pretty strange, I’m standing there eating a bagel and reading the paper and turns out the guy across the table was Tim Russert.</p>
<p>This is awful news. Tim Russert was one of the few serious journalists left on TV, and one of the best political analysts. I loved his childlike enthusiasm for politics. He seemed like such a decent man. I am so sorry for his wife and son.</p>
<p>This evening, my mom met us at our house so that we could all drive together to my son’s high school graduation. As soon as she sat down, she looked at me and said, disbelieving, “Did you hear that Tim Russert died today?”. I had just heard it minutes before, when I turned on CNN as I got dressed. We both agreed that it was a terrible loss, and I couldn’t help but feel great sadness for his family. </p>
<p>My father wasn’t able to make it to the graduation ceremony, but we all drove back to my parent’s house immediately afterward so that he could see the graduate in his cap and gown. The first thing my Dad asked me, after making much of his grandson was, “Did you hear about Tim Russert?”</p>
<p>Tim had such a passion for his work. He epitomized what Television Journalism should be, with his incisive intelligence and tough, though respectful interview approach. The talking heads at Fox should study Tim Russert in order to understand the true meaning of “fair and balanced”.</p>
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<p>If you didn’t know that Russert hadn’t worked at Fox, you might have thought otherwise because the coverage of his death tonight on Fox was wonderful and very comprehensive. I thought it quite gracious, and Sean Hannity (who most of you know drives me round the bend) was warm and emotional in his remembrances.</p>
<p>They are doing a special on him right now on MSNBC. What sad, sad news.</p>
<p>We’ll all miss him. I didn’t see the Fox coverage, but I’m not surprised that it was wonderful. Russert was tough and fair, never seeming partisan, always above the petty fray, with the best analytical mind in all of political journalism. Plus, by all accounts, he was just an outright terrific guy.</p>
<p>Re: post # 50 : Thank you, Andale.</p>