June 15, 2008
Tim Russert
I was getting on the plane in Boston and did my usual email download to my phone, so I could do a disaster check offline while I was sitting on the plane. It almost knocked me off my feet when I saw an alert from the Washington Post that Tim Russert had just collapsed and died in the middle of taping a broadcast.
The years I was living in Denmark, Tim's voice from the Meet the Press podcast was one of the things that kept me in touch with what was happening in the States. Meet the Press was consistently more professional and insightful than any of the other interview programs, and was one of the few pieces of media that has always been on my weekly 'must hear' list.
Beyond that, I could just tell that Tim was a great guy, and when he was hard on his guests (which was always), he did it out of a love of politics and a sense of duty to the country.
His was a great mind and I'll miss him.
Posted by case at June 15, 2008 10:29 AM