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Originally Posted by host
Russert? Russert was a joke, not a journalist...an enabler, a disgrace to his profession. Rather than speak truth to power, to probe it's secrets and report on them, he was complicit in their deception, he only repeated what they wanted the public to know....
He will, I hope, quickly be forgotten. He added nothing....he took up a seat that could have been occupied by a REAL journalist.
His accomplishment is that no one here has even commented on how woefully inadequate he was as a journalist, but how appreciated he was as an infotainment personality.
Tim Russert:
This sums up how Russert came to fail to be a news REPORTER. Why do you think he was awarded (rewarded with) an exclusive interview with George Bush before the 2004 election?
The president's own former press secretary called the Washington DC press corps:
The reporters at Knight-Ridder/McClatchey are journalists....Russert wasn't worthy to be member of their profession:
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You know, I was tempted to do something when I saw your response, host, like close the thread or PM you to edit it, but I think I'll let your words stand all on their own.
If you don't understand now why few people respect your posts or why so few wish to engage in any discussion with you, you never will.
Somehow, though, I think you're so caught up in your perceived one-man crusade to enlighten the masses that you are blind to your own inequities.
So be it.
And for the record, this thread was for the members here who saw him as a person, not an image. Your actions here are akin to a drunken fool stumbling into a memorial service and badmouthing the deceased in a loud, obnoxious fashion.