- Posted by Christopher Estep on June 13, 2008
Though lifelong Democrat, Russert will be missed as one of the few true journalists in the main-stream media in that he understood it was his job to find the news and report it, not to make the news.
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed, the network said. He and his family had recently returned from Italy, where they celebrated the graduation of Russert’s son, Luke, from Boston College.
No further details were immediately available.
NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58 - U.S. news- msnbc.com
My comment from Michelle Malkin's blog:
He was a life-long Democrat.
I wish all democrat journalists were like him. You could see his
bias from time-to-time, but he genuinely worked not to let it show. He
was only human, but he was an example of telling the story without being the story or making the story.
Tim Russert was the journalist that America thought Cronkite was and what Rather wishes he could be.
Even gone, he will remain a figurative giant among his peers.
May his widow and son find peace despite their tragic loss.