You can't watch Andrea Mitchell today without crying

[BeyondGeography]

She loved the guy and she's pouring her heart out.

[Blue Diadem]

1. He called her Mitch. He and her Dad.

That really got to me.

[BeyondGeography]

3. The men are remaining in "newsman" mode and she's just being real

I respect her like hell for that.

[Doityourself]

6. Guess you missed Gregory tearing up and Brian Williams shaky tearful voice..

[BeyondGeography]

12. I did...what I saw of them was top-notch as well

missed the emotional part. It's unbelieveably tough on all of them, I'm sure.

[LibraLiz1973]

27. They are all struggling

Her, Keith, Chuck Todd, Williams, Gregory.
Over on CNN James Carville was a mess, as were Paul Begala & Larry King.
Carville was the most emotional of that bunch though.

[NotThisTime]

33. KO is completely broken apart.... I've just tuned in. He's seriously been crying

[Muttocracy]

7. giving lots of nice anecdotes too. nt

[Blue Diadem]

11. I think she's speaking more from the heart.

The more she lets us know, the more it sounds like Tim was also a father figure/great support to all of them.

[Muttocracy]

21. just said that Chuck Todd had never done TV until recently and Tim helped get him going! nt

[Stinky The Clown]

23. Yeah, that started me blubbering

[Joe the Revelator]

2. I've learned to really like her over the last few months

I wouldn't mind seeing her step up now.

[Doityourself]

8. me too..actually got to enjoying her too..

[Captain Hilts]

16. She's TOTALLY establishment. The Sally Quinn crowd. nt

[depakid]

25. I guess you like being lied to, rumorized and propagandized

because that's what the woman (and her husband) are all about.

[Joe the Revelator]

26. I never bought into the media paranoia that runs rampant around here

aside from on fox news.

[depakid]

29. Objective analysis is hardly paranoia

the woman has a LONG history of spreading unfounded rumors and inaccurate statement (several of which I've noted personally on this forum in the past couple of weeks).

If the search feature was on, I'd cite you the EXACT THREADS.

She also lies rather transparently and has guests who she knowingly allows to lie without ever challenging them or providing honest and rational analysis.

Bottom line: She (and her husband) have played you all for suckers time in and time out.

And will do it again in a heartbeat- without a second thought.

[Joe the Revelator]

30. I'd like to continue this conversation with you when search is available

Maybe I've misjudged her. We'll see.

[depakid]

35. Can do

Not sure why the traffic is so high today. Guess everyone has their take on the Russert news....

[proud patriot]

4. Listening to the memories from loved ones

she loved him and she was only called mitch by 2 people
her dad and Tim . That got her emotions going.

[Muttocracy]

5. I think KO, Brokaw, and Williams are a bit broken up too. nt

[LibraLiz1973]

28. KO is struggling to make it through this broadcast

[calimary]

51. I noticed that, too - that he looked like he'd either just had a good cry, or wanted

to leave the set so he could have one. Great distress there today, among the peacocks.

[a la izquierda]

53. When KO and Chuck Todd were on...

I lost it.
I posted elsewhere that Russert reminded me so much of my dad. My dad is younger than Russert was, but my grandpa died at 48 of a heart attack and this just scares the crap out of me.

[calimary]

54. Looks like Olbermann is still struggling.

I watched as he signed on at "Countdown" time, leading of course with Russert's obit, and he looked DREADFUL. JUST GAWD-AWFUL. Like he'd just been crying.

[a la izquierda]

58. Can't even turn it on. I love KO,

I cannot STAND the crap-talkers that drag him through the mud on here. And if KO loved Russert like that, the man must have really been something else. I can't watch it anymore.

[calimary]

64. Your post is Really Wonderful! So simply and elegantly put!

"...and if KO loved Russert like that, the man must have really been something else."

That's really nailing it, michele. That just makes so much sense. Personally, I appreciate the reminder. There's part of me that's gone toward the critical upon the mention of his name, and those who holler about cooling one's jets and allowing time to mourn are certainly correct. It's obvious from the reactions of the people on camera that they're responding to Russert as a man, a friend, a guy they knew well - and respected and trusted, and a fellow traveler and laborer in the news vineyard. They talk about his personality and genuineness and warmth and humanity a LOT - a lot more than they do the work-related attributes - which by themselves are considerable.

He was fortunate in the way he went out. In the middle of doing what he loved. Bing Crosby did that - dropped dead out on the links. This general manager for whom I worked at one of the best rock stations in town was like that. Out one Saturday playing softball with his friends - the department heads at the station. Boom. Dropped over dead. Just like that. Gone before he hit the ground. It's a good way to go. I bet there's a small part of Russert that, while accepting this new status, thinks about the election season he'll miss - maybe the best and most stupendous election season in American history. Then again, he did see the end of the primary season, and maybe he already knows who won the Big One. You can see a lot farther from where he is is now, I imagine.

[eleny]

9. I've never seen her speaking with her eyes filled with tears like this

She knew him so well. Yes, it's getting to me as I'm watching.

[cliffordu]

10. I'm sorry - Andrea Mitchell is a shell compared to the reporter that

Tim Russert was.

She never should have been on the same network with him, not should she be considered in the same business.




I disagreed many times with Russert, but at least he stood for something.

My heart goes out to his family.

[Barack_America]

13. This is maybe the first time I'm glad to be at work on a Friday afternoon.

I'm going to have to stay away from the TV for a good long while.

I'm tearing up just reading your accounts. I can't stand to see people in pain.

[Muttocracy]

15. I'm listening to the MSNBC feed and they're talking about him and his dad

I didn't know about his book and that - talking about how he would call his dad and his dad's caretakers all day long :(

[Fleshdancer]

14. I'm facinated by the stories the other reporters are giving right now

Andrea's story was wonderful.

[JuniperLea]

17. Why is this in GD: P? eom

[BeyondGeography]

18. To offend forum nannies like you eom

[JuniperLea]

20. I still have my fingers...

[Blue-Jay]

19. Mike Barnicle is going to be sad to watch.

If I remember correctly, Russert was the godfather to Barnicle's son.

[NotThisTime]

34. Crud, I didn't know that...

[Blue-Jay]

36. I seem to remember Barnicle talking about it on Morning Schmoe.

[Barack_America]

22. Is Tweety even on?

God, that guy must be a mess.

[BeyondGeography]

24. No Tweety, no Hardball

not yet at least.

[proud patriot]

31. It must be very hard for Chris

:(

[RamboLiberal]

41. Tweety is on vacation in Paris

Death of Tim Russert: Matthews in Europe

For those watching Keith Olbermann's coverage on MSNBC, and who have written to TVNewser inquiring about Chris Matthews, the network tells us he is on vacation in Paris and expected to deliver a statement soon. I snapped the picture below in April, at Tammy Haddad's garden party. Tim and his wife Maureen Orth (far left) were heading out, as Chris Matthews and his wife Kathleen (far right) were arriving.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

[DogPoundPup]

66. This is very inappropriate I know, but have to say it ...

Guess the dollars value isn't affecting these elitist journalists too much. Nowhere in the U.S. 'special' enough to vacation for them?

[bunnies]

32. Its heartbreaking.

Both me and Mr. bunnies have been in tears. We love Russert. :cry:

[Medusa]

37. Seeing Tom Brokaw cry

Jesus that kills me.

[BlueManDude]

38. Sorry but this is all a lot of bullshit .. He wasn't a great man and

the news media shouldn't be treating this like the death of JFK. Another sign of their bloated self-importance. Yeah they lost a personal friend but how big a story is this? Overweight middle aged guys die all the time and their friends are sad big f-ing deal.

[LibraLiz1973]

39. You are certainly very empathetic.

:sarcasm:

Do you kick babies too?

[Shakespeare]

40. You're an asshole. n/t

[BlueManDude]

42. Maybe I'm mistaken - did a great man die this afternoon?

The coverage is waaay over the top and show how out of touch these journos are.

Thi is more coverage than the debacle in Iraq will get for the next week. Sorry this is symptom of how far off the track we've gotten. For God's sake the president had to be interruptred and told of Russert's passing?

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

43. A better one than you, at least.

[BlueManDude]

44. Did you get your rocks off when he tried to blame the Lewinsky scandal on HRC...

during her Senate debate with Rick Lazio? He might have been a great guy but he was a rotten journalist.

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

46. I don't remember the specifics of that incident

He made mistakes, as all humans do, even The Evil Media Conspiracy.

That doesn't change the fact that he did do his job well, he was an iconic figure, and your grace dancing makes you sound like a shrill idiot.

[BlueManDude]

59. I'm not grave dancing, I'm pointing out facts about his journalism - he carried water for the GOP

including sabotaging gov debates in Mass and FL.

[blm]

65. I side with BlueMan on this. Russert sided with the fascists to trample our democracy

and our right to an honest government accountable to the people - and he did it long ago.

[bahrbearian]

67. Right on Dude

[ellisonz]

45. It's a big story.

You need to think more about the role media plays in our society and then maybe you'd get what a big blow this is to NBC, Sunday morning news shows, and the media in general. Russert was no Cronkite, but he had an important niche in his own right.

[kath]

69. Many of us HAVE thought about the "role media plays in our society", we've been paying attention,

and we're totally fokkin' disgusted at the DAMAGE that the Corporate Propaganda Ministry (a far more accurate term than "the press") has done to our democracy and the world. Russert and his ilk have played a very large part in that damage. They have NOT been doing the job that the "press" is supposed to do in a free society. Plenty of info out there to confirm this, including an international ranking of press freedom or some such that I can't find right now. The US ranked VERY low.

Wake up and smell the coffee, people. Our country is farther gone than you think (or *want* to think - another poster on another thread pointed out that DENIAL may be playing a large role here, and I think s/he's right). Sad but true.

[alteredstate]

47. Obviously you don't know much about Tim Russert.

He was a great jounalist and a great man.

[kath]

70. Obviously many have not been paying much attention these past 10+ years.

Oh,oh, who will we have to ask questions about UFOs in our oh-so-informative presidential so-called "debates" now that Timmy has left us??

[Warren DeMontague]

48. Is that Courtney Love in your avatar?

Fucking figures. She's a foul little puddle of spit.

[BlueManDude]

62. It's Lucinda Williams.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

49. I'm Always Amazed That People Like You Can Be Democrats.

You're such a selfish ass, so ignorant, so childish, bitter, distasteful, classless and cold. I RARELY find such traits in democrats, and usually find they belong to those who are not just republican (since I know many good republicans), but the total fringe what's left of bush's base type republicans. So I'm always surprised to see such tone, stupidity and selfishness spewed here, since it boggles my mind that someone can be that classless yet still align themselves with the Democrats. You've just displayed quite a few sentiments that are completely contradictory to what being a Democrat is. I'm ashamed to have your type in our party, to be honest with ya. Scumbag.

[BlueManDude]

63. It's precisely because I AM a proud Democrat that I tell the truth about his "journalism"

The man shilled for the GOP for years. It's not grave dancing to point that out amongst all the deification.

[YvonneCa]

52. Got EMPATHY? n/t

[OzarkDem]

55. It seems odd

that those who support a candidate who is being victimized by unfair media coverage would feel so sympathetic towards those who do the victimizing.

[SoxFan]

73. Douchebag

[marlakay]

50. when she talked about him being at her wedding

her voice was breaking. I just feel like he is supposed to be there. Like how I felt when CBS got rid of Dan Rather. Part of history. Some things happen and then are just not the same again.

[Blarch]

56. I know what you mean...

just seeing those four words on the bottom of the screen is wierd.... Tim Russert has died

[Bensthename]

57. I loved that guy.. I watched him every Sunday for the past 15 years..

[VolcanoJen]

60. I've been working all day, just got home after having heard the news at work.

I'm just heartbroken. Sundays won't ever be the same. My heart breaks for his family. What shocking, horrible news.

[ronnykmarshall]

61. I'm sorry that she is sad.

[Breeze54]

68. THE andrea Mitchell? The one married to greenspan?!?

Are you insane?!? :wtf:

I couldn't care LESS!!!!!!!!!!! :grr:

[davidpdx]

71. I don't like Mitchell much at all

and I hope she doesn't replace Russert (no one can really replace him per se).

[demokatgurrl]

72. Oh yeah, I could. I cannot stand that bitch.

Seriously. I've met her in person. She is a bitch.