Tim Russert's memorial service

[Singersmom07]

<p>They announced that the Tim Russert memorial service will be rerun again today at 4 PM eastern time, for those who wanted to see it but missed it earlier.</p>

[teriwtt]

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IMO, they are so lucky he was willing to do it as he is the most approrpriate interim moderator they could tap during this high profile time.

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<p>I suspect he put his name in the hat, and feels truly honored to be doing this. I also think it may take him a show or two to get comfortable with his new role given how much he will be thinking about Tim.</p>

<p>Thanks to those who keep posting airings of the memorial service. I’ve yet to see one from beginning to end, and hope to catch it one of these days that way.</p>

[Hindoo]

<p>Ok, here we go. Gwen Ifill, Candy Crowley, Judy Woodruff, Andrea Mitchell. Hmmmm. I think a woman has a good chance to fill that revered seat. … Of the men, David Gregory and John King stand out. Brokaw is stop-gap because he’s retired and I don’t imagine he’d want the job long-term.</p>

[paying3tuitions]

<p>Wolf Blitzer and/or Candy Crowley. </p>

<p>Wolf Blitzer because his current work most resembles what Russert did, namely, research, prepare and conduct in-depth, on-air interviews. Most important is the quick follow up, on-the-spot, hard questions to pin down the interviewee. </p>

<p>Knowledge of history is essential. Blitzer introduces relevant facts and examples from recent political history to challenge whatever discussion he’s participating in. He’ll be right in the midst of panel discussion and then, wham, introduces an item from another story that shakes up the whole discussion and for the better. </p>

<p>Probably Candy Crowley does this behind-the-scenes to get the stories as good as she brings them to air, I’ve just not seen her actually interview someone for such a long time on-air.</p>

<p>I think Wolf Blitzer’s current work on Late Edition most closely resembles what Russert was trying to do with Meet the Press.</p>

<p>Blitzer also has a wide scope of experience in the Middle East and Washington, D.C. Plus, he’s from Buffalo, with public school background and working class roots, but that’s not why. I think of WOlf Blitzer because he has to rely upon himself while on the air for a long period of time. </p>

<p>If they teamed up – wow. Since we couldn’t have Obama/Clinton, maybe there could be Blitzer/Crowley.</p>

[Hindoo]

<p>I’ve always liked Wolf Blitzer, but he never seemed as tough to me as Russert was. I could be wrong. … A Blitzer/Crowley combo sounds good to me.</p>

[NYMomof2]

<p>There’s a very touching video with excerpts from the memorial service on msnbc.com. It’s called, “A look back at the memorial for Tim Russert.” There is footage of the nun who taught him in 4th (?) grade speaking, and then they show a photo of her with him at that time. There is another video about Russert’s charity work. He worked very hard for an organization that helped youth in Washington, D.C.</p>

[2blue]

<p>teriwtt, after reading your post I went to c-span.org and did a video search for “russert.” I pulled up a link that seems to be the memorial service, but since I don’t have Real Video installed, I couldn’t open it. The C-SPAN site said most videos are archived for 15 days or less.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>Can’t stand Wolf Blitzer. Too much minutiae and irrelevant facts in his interviews. If he was a real top gun at CNN, he’d be in prime time.</p>

[Hindoo]

<p>You’re a bit harsh, LakeWashington! I’ll agree that Blitzer is no Russert by any stretch, but he’s still one of the best out there. That’s either high praise of Blitzer or a sad statement on the general quality of our political commentators. Take your pick.</p>

[paying3tuitions]

<p>:) I said:

Blitzer introduces relevant facts and examples from recent political history to challenge whatever discussion he’s participating in. He’ll be right in the midst of panel discussion and then, wham, introduces an item from another story that shakes up the whole discussion and for the better.

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<p>:( Lake Washington said:

Can’t stand Wolf Blitzer. Too much minutiae and irrelevant facts in his interviews.

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<p>It sounds like we’re talking about the same guy and have seen the same shows, but react quite differently. :D</p>

[teriwtt]

<p>Yea… I was hoping something like this would come about:<br>
[Russert’s</a> son joins NBC News - Politics - MSNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25935768]Russert’s”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25935768)</p>

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Luke Russert, whose eloquent eulogy for his father, the late NBC News journalist Tim Russert, moved many Americans last month, will join the network as a correspondent, NBC News announced Thursday.</p>

<p>Russert, 22, a May graduate of Boston College with a degree in history and communications, will cover the youth vote through the national political conventions and the general election, the network said. Russert said he would be an at-large correspondent reporting for many of NBC’s outlets, including “NBC Nightly News,” TODAY, MSNBC and msnbc.com.

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[Youdon_tsay]

<p>Seeing how eloquent he was in the days after his father’s death, it doesn’t surprise me in the least. I wish I had his poise.</p>

[Hindoo]

<p>Thanks, teriwtt, for posting that!</p>

[snowball]

<p>If Luke was running for office, he would have my vote! Again, what a wonderful lovely young man. I wish him the best.</p>

[soozievt]

<p>Tim Russert’s legacy lives on. </p>

<p>Congrats to his son!</p>

[woody]

<p>I just saw him do a segment on ESPN. He predicted the Bills will make the playoffs. He gets around.</p>