Tim Russet died today. He was only 58 years old, and although he would often ask the most frustratingly blatant 'gotcha' questions to those who appeared on Meet The Press (or, as I would jokingly refer to the glad-handing nature of Washington insiders chatting on a Sunday morning, Press The Meat), Russert was clearly passionate about his love for politics in his role as the preeminent television journalist. Unlike his compatriot Chris Matthews, who followed a similar path - coming to politics after stints as an adviser to prominent Democratic Party politicians - Russert was more a practicioner of the political analysis that journalists are supposed to purvey, as opposed to the sensationalism that reeks from almost all so-called 'political' shows nowadays, most of all Hardball.
He will be missed.
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