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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
Well, the the Sunday morning news shows tend to be either of great interest or none at all, depending on the person. Even in broadcast circles that time period was sometimes called "The Sunday Morning Ghetto."
I was surprised that another director at our network, who is in his mid-40's, didn't know who he was -- and my friend had even worked for an NBC affilliate for a while.
I was not suprised that ABC and CBS gave a considerable amount of time on their regular newscasts to Russert's death, but I didn't expect Fox and CNN to basically give their entire evenings over to the story (although a lot of that programming is rebroadcasts from earlier).
I suppose it pays tribute to the man and his reputation and professionalism, but I'm not sure I've ever seen a newsman given the coverage that you would expect for a head of state or high ranking politician.
Also, in passing, I thought that the coverage was pretty well done on all fronts.
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It actually was also one of the stories on ESPN SportsCenter, and was featured on espn.com. For a non-sports person to get that kind of coverage is a huge deal.
To me, he was the preeminent interviewer of today, the ONLY interviewer who has been able to come across without bias or favoritism. He treated everyone the same, and conducted interviews the way we are all taught during journalism school. You hear about the correct way to do an interview, the correct way to approach a subject, and you think it's impossible to live up to that standard. Then, you'd watch Tim Russert, and you'd see that, with a lot of work and skill, it could be done.
There can sometimes be a barrier between print journalists and TV journalists; he was one of the few who was able to bridge the barrier, and garner respect on both sides of the aisle.
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