Tim Russert

Why Do Journalists Mourn Russert So? Meet the New Press

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:01:21 -0700

Scratch the surface of all those glittering tributes for Tim Russert and you might find an undercoating of journalistic insecurity.

The NBC analyst was hailed as a symbol of old-fashioned, carefully balanced, substance-driven reporting, an approach that, while not exactly extinct, often seems drowned out by today's loudmouth television culture.

Novak, Russert, and the Washington Protection Racket

Stevie Converse — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:17:33 -0700

While Tim Russert lived and breathed, one of his biggest fans in the Washington press corps was columnist Robert D. Novak. Between 1994, when Russert was already ensconced in the Meet the Press big chair, and last March, Novak's column made at least three dozen references to Russert, and none was critical, as best as I can discern.

Thousands Join President in Mourning Russert

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:07:38 -0700

Thousands of friends, colleagues and strangers joined President Bush and his wife, Laura, in paying respects on Tuesday to Tim Russert.

Russert Took Media Bias Seriously

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:16:36 -0700

There have been millions of words written and spoken in the past few days about Tim Russert -- words about how Tim knew his beat better than almost anyone in Washington, about how hard work was in his blue-collar DNA, and about what a decent guy he was. All true.

Another Sort of Eulogy

Stevie Converse — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:11:43 -0700

Last November, in his PBS report on the media meltdown in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, veteran journalist Bill Moyers questioned NBC’s Tim Russert about his own role in the fiasco. Among other things, he cited Russert’s 9/8/02 “Meet the Press” interview with Dick Cheney, which Moyers described as “the classic case of how the press and the government became inseparable.”