This is a hard day for America and especially for anyone who's a follower and lover of politics and the media. Tim Russert passed of cardiac arrest at the young age of 58, leaving behind a wife, son, father, relatives, friends, and millions of fans, including me.
The video above is from MSNBC and below from Veracifier on YouTube:
Senator and Presidential Candidate Barack Obama gave this speech on Tim Russert's passing:
This video is from a fan on YouTube, TRAILKIDS1:
This video was made from YouTubers tomaswk, who met Russert earlier this year:
Bloggers around America have weighed in on the news. Buddy TV reported Russert's passing; James Poniewozik at TIME Blog wrote that Russert's influence was "immense"; Futuremd informs that Russert once took MSNBC collegue Dave Gregory to task for being rude to a waitress while they were at dinner.
I check out that link.
From Jossip, I learned that Russert took issue with Keith Olbermann's activism and I learned that Dave Gregory not only had an imperious way with wait staffers at restaurants, but treated lower NBC News staff "like shit".
That stands in direct contrast to Russert's way. It's clear that he, Russert, was loved at NBC.
