Monday, November 23, 2009 East Central Illinois

Pseudo-Intellectual

Tim Russert overkill?

Posted by: Jim Dey

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:27 PM
I don't know if this makes me right or wrong, but I found a news article that addresses my concerns over the enormous media attention devoted to the death of NBC's Tim Russert.
Hey, I liked the guy. I watched his show. He was a really tough, fair interviewer. But he wasn't president of the United States, a famous inventor or even someone who changed history.
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So why all the public handwringing? Well, maybe because he was a big media guy and the big media control the microphone.
This article from Slate goes into even more detail on the issue.
http://www.slate.com/id/2193689/

Comments

These days, it's (fill in the blank) overkill, followed by media hand-wringing.

Rinse and repeat.

Posted by Wenalway on June 18, 2008 at 12:22 PM

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