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rational thinker
06-13-2008, 02:30 PM
Do you think that the CNN interview will be canceled due to Russert's death?
Maverick
06-13-2008, 02:32 PM
It will likely be canceled. Or postponed...maybe.
aspiringconstitutionalist
06-13-2008, 02:32 PM
Wondered that myself. Does that make me a bad person?
Jeremy
06-13-2008, 02:35 PM
Not really sure...
i'm not sure if they can talk that long about one person's death unless they were prepared in advance.
Bruno
06-13-2008, 02:35 PM
Wondered that myself. Does that make me a bad person?
No, it doesn't make you a bad person.
OptionsTrader
06-13-2008, 02:36 PM
1300% (http://icasualties.org/oif/) more American soldiers died in the past two weeks in Iraq than this news anchor. Will they get 1300% the news coverage?
RideTheDirt
06-13-2008, 02:36 PM
Wondered that myself. Does that make me a bad person?
no people die everyday
1300% more American soldiers died in the past two weeks in Iraq than this news anchor. Will they get 1300% the news coverage?
+1000
Margo37
06-13-2008, 02:45 PM
i'm not sure if they can talk that long about one person's death unless they were prepared in advance.
They keep prepared files on everyone newsworthy for just such a time, we already know they can talk endlessly about just one subject or candidate.
I'm sure we won't make the news now.
freelance
06-13-2008, 02:48 PM
They keep prepared files on everyone newsworthy for just such a time, we already know they can talk endlessly about just one subject or candidate.
I'm sure we won't make the news now.
They even have obits ready to roll.
Ibgamer
06-13-2008, 02:50 PM
Im deeply saddened by the death of Tim Russert
Let us not forget he was one of the only anchors to give us a respectable time slot from the very beginning. He was fair to Paul, perhaps a little harsh, but fair and that's what made him so great. One of the only anchors that didnt push a political agenda.
He will be missed
WRellim
06-13-2008, 02:50 PM
1300% (http://icasualties.org/oif/) more American soldiers died in the past two weeks in Iraq than this news anchor. Will they get 1300% the news coverage?
QFT
You can say that again.
RideTheDirt
06-13-2008, 02:51 PM
An average of 100 civilians per day are killed in Iraq.
rational thinker
06-13-2008, 02:56 PM
An hour in and nothing.
brandon
06-13-2008, 03:00 PM
It's a conspiracy!
rational thinker
06-13-2008, 03:06 PM
lol
RonPaulFanInGA
06-13-2008, 03:11 PM
Are they really going to do this for three hours?
Where is Ron Paul?
Bruno
06-13-2008, 03:15 PM
Are they really going to do this for three hours?
Where is Ron Paul?
Three days perhaps?
bluto20
06-13-2008, 03:20 PM
Tim Russert's deaths is nothing but a huge political ad. Look at who they keep showing pics of him with or interviewing. They don't care about him as a person, just that he interviewed a bunch of neocons and was in a big political bathtub.
Im deeply saddened by the death of Tim Russert
Let us not forget he was one of the only anchors to give us a respectable time slot from the very beginning. He was fair to Paul, perhaps a little harsh, but fair and that's what made him so great. One of the only anchors that didnt push a political agenda.
He will be missed
I'm sad to see the man died young. But don't sugar coat what he was. He was one of the worst interviewers in the history of TV. I almost never heard him discuss issues and views. It was nearly 100 percent gotcha type crap. Almost his entire interview with Ron was gotcha type garbage. And the week before that, his interview with Rudy was exactly the same. As much as I can't stand Rudy, Russert never let him talk about any issues. Just reality tv quality garbage.
RonPaulwillWin
06-13-2008, 03:27 PM
Damn I wish Tim would have died tomorrow. We needed that media coverage to help his recent momentum in the news. Thus getting more people to sign up. Oh well maybe I'm reading too much in to this.
rational thinker
06-13-2008, 03:57 PM
I can't believe they've managed to turn this into a 2 hour story so far.
asterisk
06-13-2008, 04:29 PM
If they cared so much about him, why didn't they run a 2 hour special BEFORE he died.
ItsTime
06-13-2008, 04:34 PM
1300% (http://icasualties.org/oif/) more American soldiers died in the past two weeks in Iraq than this news anchor. Will they get 1300% the news coverage?
+2008
Carole
06-13-2008, 04:42 PM
Unfortunately, with Dr. Paul, they all had an agenda. "Get him" and marginalized him and malign him, etc. When I rewatched that Ron Paul and Russert, they was actually very little time spent on points of real substance after all the junk stuff took so much time.
I regret his death, but would have appreciated him more had he asked legitimate questions of Paul.
That said, I think he usually did a good job of questioing people and he could pin them down for whatever--flip-flopping, lies, etc.
Carole
06-13-2008, 04:46 PM
It will likely go on all evening. :rolleyes:
Friday the 13th-just our luck. :)
Ibgamer
06-13-2008, 04:49 PM
I'm sad to see the man died young. But don't sugar coat what he was. He was one of the worst interviewers in the history of TV. I almost never heard him discuss issues and views. It was nearly 100 percent gotcha type crap. Almost his entire interview with Ron was gotcha type garbage. And the week before that, his interview with Rudy was exactly the same. As much as I can't stand Rudy, Russert never let him talk about any issues. Just reality tv quality garbage.
No.
He was one of the few who didn't push his own agenda while covering the news. You have FOX on the right, MSNBC on the left, and yes Russert was on MSNBC but he was fair. Yes I realize he may have upset some of us when he called out Paul and other candidates, but he asked the questions no one else would dare. It's unfortunate that Paul wont get his coverage today, but in no way think its a conspiracy people, get your heads out of your @$$es.
berrybunches
06-13-2008, 04:55 PM
I was thinking it could be worse:
Ron could have been scheduled to be on Meet the Press.
qh4dotcom
06-13-2008, 08:13 PM
1300% (http://icasualties.org/oif/) more American soldiers died in the past two weeks in Iraq than this news anchor. Will they get 1300% the news coverage?
They don't deserve it....Tim Russert wasn't needlessly risking his life in Iraq nor he was wasting billions of taxpayer dollars....and many more Iraqi civilians are dying than American soldiers....they're not getting any news coverage also.
WRellim
06-13-2008, 09:07 PM
Damn I wish Tim would have died tomorrow. We needed that media coverage to help his recent momentum in the news. Thus getting more people to sign up. Oh well maybe I'm reading too much in to this.
Well duh, Russert and the MSM obviously PLANNED this just to make certain that Ron didn't get the extra attention.
:eek:
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