June 13, 2008

Russert true giant in TV journalism

In the various circles where the old guard known as print media gather, it is popular to think of television journalism as oxymoronic. Televison provides sound bites, newspapers and other print media provide depth. Or so the thinking goes. Whether it’s the stuff of mere rivalry or something fouler to the smell, that thinking never applied to Tim Russert.

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