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Tom Brokaw At Tim Russert's Memorial Service (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tom Brokaw spoke at Tim Russert's memorial service Wednesday afternoon at the Kennedy Center. Watch the speech below (transcript below): Watch Al ...

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Tim Russert Memorial Videos

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tim Russert's memorial service was held today at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Watch videos of the various moving speeches delivered by clicking ...

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An Appreciation of Tim Russert

Charlie Rose | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tim Russert was a friend of this program and he was a friend of mine. Here he is in his own words.

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Tim Russert Funeral Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tim Russert's funeral was held Wednesday morning at Holy Trinity Church in Washington, D.C. Below are selected photos from the occasion, which was cl...

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Tim Russert Funeral: Washington Elite Pays Tribute

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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WASHINGTON — The crowd at Tim Russert's funeral Wednesday would have made a great panel on his Sunday morning news show. The two men vying to b...

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Tim Russert's Eyes Were Nothing Like The Sun

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tim Russert was fair-minded to the point of utterly lacking any active moral sense whatsoever. But there is one thing Tim Russert did that no other living journalist has yet done: he died.

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Tim Russert: A South Buffalonian's Perspective

Leanne Shear | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

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As someone who never forgot where she came from, the best tribute I can pay to Tim Russert is that he will be remembered for all that's remarkable about South Buffalo: hard work, loyalty, humility, community, and a sense of humor.

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Tim Russert Wake Draws President Bush, Thousands Of Mourners

AP | Stephen Ohlemacher | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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WASHINGTON--Thousands of friends, colleagues and strangers joined President Bush and his wife, Laura, in paying respects on Tuesday to Tim Russert. S...

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"Meet The Press" Tribute Draws Huge Ratings

Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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Roughly six million people tuned in to Meet The Press this past Sunday, making it one of the highest-rated episodes in the show's history. Meet The ...

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Russert Reactions in Social Media

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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In this brave new online world, one of the no-brainer stops for reaction to big events is now social media - Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and the like. ...

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Swimming In Quicksand: A Daily Journal Of Surviving Grief

Carol Ross Joynt | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

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It's the busyness that will get Luke Russert and Maureen Orth through this week. The hard part comes when the busyness stops.

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Tim Russert's Italy Family Photo: Inside His Last Vacation

People | Silvia Sansoni | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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Tim Russert's sudden death came as a shock to friends worldwide - none more than Cardinal John Patrick Foley, who spent time with him during the 58-ye...

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Two Cheers for Tim Russert

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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I shook hands with Tim Russert was back in 1984. His whole career had been spent advising and spinning for politicians: not the best credentials for a journalist. But he did much to dispel my doubts.

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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What to Do with Meet the Press

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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There was only one Tim Russert, but in selecting a suitable replacement for Meet the Press, in my opinion, there are only two names from which to choose: Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.

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The Happiest Guy At The Primary

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.16.2008 | Media

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I had grown to like and appreciate Russert during his appearances covering the election, on MSNBC 'til past midnight or grinning on Morning Joe, ushered in to the sounds of a Springsteen song, animated as anyone could ever be about a favorite subject.

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Big Tim and Us: An Appreciation of Tim Russert

David D. Burstein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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We have heard so many wonderful things about Tim Russert over the past few days. But not much has been said of the influence he has had on young people. In fact, young people were among some of his biggest fans.

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Lesley Stahl Replaces Grieving Brian Williams As Peabodys Host, Remembers Tim Russert In Opening Speech

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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CBS' Lesley Stahl was a last-minute replacement for NBC's Brian Williams as the host of the 67th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony at New Y...

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Russert Watch 6-15-08: The Rest Is Silence

Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Meet the Press was really Meet Tim Russert, and it is hard to imagine anyone being as skilled a showman as Russert.

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Dear Tim Russert: You Had Me at a Scribble

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Tim Russert made the political game accessible to the masses and made many of us want to be involved and participate in the process.

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First Read: "What Would Russert Do?"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Morning email blasts are hardly the stuff of throat-lumping sadness. Today, though, the usual missive in my inbox from NBC's First Read — long a...

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Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

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This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.

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Tim Russert: World Class "Mensch"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

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When we occasionally bumped into each other, Tim always had more than a minute for me. "Tell me, Ambassador, what's new in the world that I need to know?"

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Quiet Speculation Begins About Who Will Replace Russert

New York Times | Bill Carter and Jacques Steinberg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

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The sudden death of Tim Russert has left the management of NBC News, for the moment at least, at a loss to contemplate how to replace him. Mr. Russer...

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So Long, Tim

Craig Crawford | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

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My guess is that Russert has had enough of the glowing tributes, and now wishes that his colleagues would honor his legacy by simply getting back to work. But I cannot resist adding my own small measure of devotion.

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