1.0 link 107153 <![CDATA[How Russert Impacted the Primary: A Footnote to History]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/how-russert-impacted-the_b_107153.html Tim Russert has been broadly praised for his neutrality and objectivity questioning politicians on Meet the Press. Yet, even the evenhanded can skew outcomes.

For this primary season Russert provided an open invitation to all presidential candidates, Democrats and Republicans, to appear for an hour on Meet the Press. For the first half hour, Tim asked mostly substantive policy questions.

For the second half hour, he "Russerted" them, asking about prior actions or inconsistencies. He did this to everyone. Some--such...

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