Posts Tagged → Tim Russert
Brokaw steps in for Russert
In the wake of the unexpected passing of Meet the Press journalist Tim Russert, NBC has turned to a familiar face to carry the network’s top-rated Sunday news program through the November election: former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
Brokaw is uniquely qualified to fill not only the Meet the Press role, but fill in as the network’s Washington Bureau Chief and political expert in the short term, as the network news big-wigs plan out the future of the position, which may eventually be split into two or three separate roles. Certainly, in addition to his on-air role, Russert filled at least two admin jobs among his duties.
Still, no one will replace Russert, who embodied the “fair and balanced” ethic Fox News adopted for its branding; Russert asked tough questions of members of both parties, which is the epitome of “fair and balanced,” and his presence on NBC News will be missed, and certainly personalities like Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and others are pale imitations at best.
Pulling a Clinton
I have decided that offering an evasive, contradictory answer should no longer be associated with John Kerry. That honor, in this election cycle, should fall to Hillary Rodham.
The New York Senator and former first lady put her “that depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” training to full use in this week’s Democratic candidate debate, evading a direct answer to several good questions by moderator Tim Russert – who, by the way, does NOT work for Fox News but, in Camp Hillary, is not considered to be chief communications director of that “vast right-wing conspiracy” thing she keeps bringing up.
Example? Sure. On the issue of New York governor Elliot Spitzer suggesting that illegals ought to be issued driver’s licenses.
“What Governor Spitzer is trying to do is fill the vacuum left by the failure of this administration to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.” -Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Only minutes later:
“I did not say that it should be done, but I certainly recognize why Governor Spitzer is trying to do it.” -Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Don’t see the problem?
Diagnosis: you’re a liberal. Stop kidding yourself.
