March Report Remembers Tim Russert

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March Report Remembers Tim Russert

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Meet the Press' Tribute
NBC

The Meet the Press immediately following Russert's death was a heartfelt tribute from his colleagues ...

Luke Russert recalls his father
NBC
Luke Russert's appearance on the Today Show, Monday, June 16, 2008. Perhaps Tim Russert's greatest legacy is his son, as this interview makes apparent ...

Remembering Tim Russert
Associated Press

Praise is pouring in from the biggest names in politics for the long-time moderator of 'Meet the Press,' including President Bush, who saluted Russert as 'a tough and hardworking newsman.' ...

Tribute in Russert's studio
Mike Allen & Amie Parnes
On a memorial edition of NBC's "Meet the Press," moderator Tim Russert was remembered in his studio as a friend of politicians who prepared rigorously for the powerful show and was "offended" when they didn't do the same. ...

Tim Russert: In His Own Words
Associated Press

The AP has compiled audio of some of Russert's most memorable moments on 'Meet the Press.' ...

NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58
NBC News and MSNBC
Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's "Meet the Press" broadcast when he collapsed, the network said. ...

Praise From All Quarters For Journalist Russert
Associated Press

Praise poured in from the well-known and not-so-well known for NBC's Tim Russert, who died of a heart attack Friday at age 58. He joined NBC a quarter century ago and was the longest-tenured host of the Sunday talk show Meet the Press. ...

TV Newsman Russert's Death A Huge Loss To NBC
Verne Gay -- Newsday
Russert revived one of the most indelible brand names in all of television - "Meet the Press" - and became a driving force in American political life as a result. According to reports on NBC, he had just returned from a trip to Italy, where his family had remained behind. Of his death, MSNBC reported that an autopsy revealed that cholesterol buildup had "ruptured an artery," leading to coronary thrombosis, or heart attac ...

The New Yorker On Tim Russert
David Remnick -- The New Yorker
Our colleague Calvin Trillin once referred to the televised weekend bloviators from Washington as the "Sabbath Gasbags." Which was fair up to a point. Countless cubic feet of hot, polluted air are regularly unleashed into the national atmosphere by politicians and commentators on the networks and the cable stations, making life almost too easy for our most acute press critic, Jon Stewart. There would be no "Daily Show" without Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and the (not quite so big anymore) Big Three. And yet Tim Russert, who died Friday at the age of fifty-eight, was a gifted and cunning Sunday-morning interrogator who, while never quite disturbing his genuine persona or television's conventions, used his outsized position on "Meet the Press" to rattle many more politicians than any of his on-air rivals did ...

Russert Remembered on Meet the Press
Associated Press

Tim Russert's chair was empty on 'Meet the Press' on Sunday, two days after his unexpected death ...

John McCain reacts to Tim Russert's death
Mosheh Oinounou -- Fox news

"I would like to just make a brief statement concerning the shocking news about the untimely death of a great journalist and a great American, Tim Russert.
Tim Russert was at the top of his profession. He was a man of honesty and integrity. He was hard but he was always fair. We miss him. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and we know that Tim Russert leaves a legacy of integrity of the highest level of journalism and we will miss him and we will miss him a lot.
Again, he was hard, he was fair, he was at the top of his profession. He loved his country, he loved the Buffalo Bills and most of all he loved his family." ...

Tim Russert's Biography in Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc
Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 - June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer, best known for appearing for over 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. ...

Proposal to Name US Rt 20 Near Ralph Wilson Stadium in Honor of Russert
WGRZ
Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with Congressman Brian Higgins announced Sunday that they are pursuing plans to have a portion of U.S. Route 20 named in honor of Tim Russert. ...

A Reporter Remembers Tim Russert
Michele Doherty Greppi
Everybody who ever dealt with Tim Russert has stories to tell. Reporters are no exception. ...

WHY I LOVED TIM RUSSERT
Kevin Thompson -- Palm Beach Post
I felt like there was a death in my family. In a way, there was. Like millions of viewers, Tim Russert was my go-to guy for political news, the one man who could make sense out of any chaotic election. That was never more evident than during the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George Bush. As the nation stood transfixed, wondering who would emerge as the country's 43rd president, there was Tim, armed only with a small white board and a magic marker, scribbling countless election scenarios and erasing our confusion in the process. ...

Tim Russert: The Father's Day That Wasn't
Diane Herbst -- People Magazine
The plans were set. Sunday morning, Father's Day, Tim Russert would finish taping his NBC show Meet the Press and fly from Washington, D.C., to his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. His sister Kathleen Russert-Hughes, 52, would pick Tim up and the pair would spend the day with their dad, Timothy J. Russert, Sr., fondly known as Big Russ. ...

Doc: Russert's work put him at risk
Colneth Smiley Jr. -- Boston Herald
A hard-driving profession may have contributed to the heart attack that killed Tim Russert, a local medical expert said yesterday, as the "Meet the Press" host's death continued to rock the worlds of media and politics. "People talk about what's called Type-A personalities," said Dr. Randall Zusman, a cardiologist with the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center ...

With Tim Russert's Death, NBC News Must Replace a Man of Many Roles
Bill Carter And Jacques Steinberg
The sudden death of Tim Russert has left the management of NBC News, for the moment at least, at a loss to contemplate how to replace him. Mr. Russert was not only the moderator of "Meet the Press," television's most successful political talk show, he was also the chief of NBC's Washington bureau, responsible for the hiring of staff members and directing its operations. More significantly, he was NBC's public face on politics, appearing regularly on the network's full range of programs, including the "Today" show, NBC's "Nightly News," and on its cable news channel MSNBC. ...

Pressing on without Tim Russert: What next for 'Meet the Press'?
Gary Levin -- USA Today
The symbolism was as touching as it was obvious: The chair Tim Russert filled for 17 years on NBC's Meet the Press was left vacant on Sunday's broadcast, acknowledging the gap not just on TV's longest-running show but also in political coverage on and beyond NBC. ...

Politicians, Journalists Pay Tribute to Russert
Associated Press

Political leaders joined TV journalists as they fondly remember one of their own in tribute to fallen colleague Tim Russert. Russert, the NBC 'Meet the Press' anchor, was eulogized at a memorial service in Washington D.C. ...

The Humble Moderator's Grand Goodbye
Dana Milbank -- Washington Post
Luke Russert has his father's sense of mischief. Speaking to the well-heeled mourners at Tim Russert's funeral yesterday, he read his father's favorite biblical passage: To whom much is given, much is expected. "And after seeing the make of some of the suits and dresses in this room," Luke teased, "a lot is expected from this crowd." ...

My Friend and My Source
Robert D. Novak -- Washington Post
From the start, Russert also was an extraordinary source for me. The careful preparation that became his journalistic trademark was obvious in our conversations, when he always had something for my column -- most of it about Moynihan's adversaries. He was superb in "oppo" -- research about the opposition. That skill propelled him to the top ranks of television interviewers. ...

Springsteen pays tribute, boss to boss
MSNBC
Bruce Springsteen -- the one guest that Tim Russert could never get to appear on Meet The Press -- plays for Tim. ...

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