bhkad

Exchanges like this reveal the way a person thinks.

You said that having multiple journalists interviewing a single newsmaker would make it "too hard to script the questions, that way."

I disagreed.

From that you drew the inference that I don't think questions are scripted.

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Hugh_Akston

This explains a lot about why you are misinformed 99% of the time. MTP wasn't a pundit show. Many of us watched it every week because it was the complete opposite (at least the first half of the show). The second half of the show allowed some "punditry" on behalf of the members of the media who would discuss the topics of the day. But when Russert was performing an interview, there wasn't a firmer or fairer interviewer out there - anywhere. MTP changed to a show worth watching and was the Holy Grail of the Washington political scene. If you're just getting your political news from the internet, you aren't getting things like context, you're getting someone opinion thrown into the article most of the time.

And I didn't want to mention this in the original Russert thread, but how can anyone take 1069 seriously? 1069 didn't even know who Tim Russert was! How on earth you can post on a political forum and not know who Tim Russert was should be a clear sign of someone who is misinformed and living under a rock.

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Curious George

I was thinking about this at dinner today when my brother in law asked "Who's Tim Russert?" I'd like to say I was surprised by the question but when dealing with someone who spends all his time watching Pimp My Ride and Mind of Mencia it's something I've come to expect. Anyway, I got to thinking that there must be plenty of people like him, even some of whom are completely normal, well-adjusted members of society, who simply have very little interest in politics. I was wondering what it must've been like for them to flip on the TV and see a special report about the death of somebody they've never heard of on every channel. If that happened to me I'd feel kind of... I don't know... out of the loop or something.

American

I voted a bit quickly, and should have picked David Gregory. He has asked some hard question of the Bush administration, but nevertheless has been invited on important trips with the Prez and VP who have praised him. So I figure they must consider him fair, regardless of how it benefits them.

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niftydrifty

"....these were the headlines in the New York Daily News and across the country on Saturday. Here it is, the “109 Million-Dollar Couple: Bill and Hill make more than $15 million a year since leaving the White House.” Fifteen million dollars a year—$109 million in seven years. How is that going to play in Lancaster, Altoona, Erie, PA?" - Tim Russert, April 7, 2008

It would've been a fair question if he asked it about everyone. Has Russert ever asked this kind of a question about McCain? If so, post it here. He was only selectively firm. And rarely fair.

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niftydrifty

this is interesting. in 2007, Moyers asked this question to Russert:

Russert's answer:

Moyers also asked about MTP specifically:

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Navy Pride

And outrageous statement by a Bush hater..........You do know you are losing what little creditability you have in this forum by statements like that........I can remember when Russert interviewed GWB he had him squirming ail over his seat.........

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Navy Pride

Gregory is far to bias.........

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Navy Pride

Galen, Russert set the bar so high that it is almost impossible to replace him...........

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Russert would never allow it..........

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