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Tim Russert is the former award-winning moderator of MSNBC's "Meet the Press" and Washington Bureau chief for NBC News. Russert died June 13, 2008 at age 58 of a heart attack while recording voiceovers for "Meet the Press." Russert began hosting "Meet the Press" in December 1991 and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2008.Russert was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He joined NBC News in 1984 after working on several political campaigns and went on to hold various supervisory positions in NBC. Russert authored two New York Times bestsellers -- "Big Russ and Me" in 2004 and "Wisdom of Our Fathers" in 2006.
Tim Russert is the former award-winning moderator of MSNBC's "Meet the Press" and Washington Bureau chief for NBC News. Russert died June 13, 2008 at age 58 of a heart attack while recording voiceovers for "Meet the Press." Russert began hosting "Meet the Press" in December 1991 and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2008.Russert was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He joined NBC News in 1984 after working on several political campaigns and went on to hold various supervisory positions in NBC. Russert authored two New York Times bestsellers -- "Big Russ and Me" in 2004 and "Wisdom of Our Fathers" in 2006.
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Obama's cynicism for me, not for thee
"My rival in this race," Barack Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism."
It's now clear that what he meant by this was other people's cynicism -- not his own.
As you may recall, President Obama came into office a very...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, George Bush, Iraq War (2003-2011), North American Free Trade Agreement
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The Ron Smith legacy: How to write, how to live, how to die
For virtually all the time I spent in politics, my main function was to craft words for someone else.
And, for a long time, I was pretty good at it. In fact, I got so good at it that, when I finally decided I wanted to start opining under my own name...Tags: Republican Party, Talk Shows (genre), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., George H.W. Bush, Elections
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TV press doing the job on debt ceiling - Networks carry Obama's Friday news conference
The Baltimore SunDuring the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN). I thought TV coverage during that crucial time in...Tags: CNBC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), News of the World, ABC (tv network), News Agency
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Under hot 'SNL' lights, Phelps plays it cool
It's very late at 30 Rockefeller Center, where it's been dark for hours, the stores long closed. Yet tourists and determined sightseers crowd the entrance, slog into an impossibly long but ever-growing line or just huddle around, camera phones on standby....Tags: Eyewear, 30 Rock (tv program), Television, Debbie Phelps, Bob Costas
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Timeline of events in CIA leak case
The Associated PressA timeline of events leading up to the conviction of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges stemming from the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name. 2003: - Jan. 28: President Bush asserts in his State of the Union address:...Tags: Valerie Plame Wilson, Africa, Prisons, Richard L Armitage, Punishment
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Making the List
Sun StaffWASHINGTON -The list in the back of Bill Clinton's memoir is an embodiment of the political pecking order, a tiny-print world of foreign dignitaries, campaign advisers, fund-raisers, celebrities and assorted high-achievers. For the former president, there...Tags: Books, Books and Magazines, Television, New York City, Ed Koch
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Summary of CIA leak charges
The Associated PressThe five charges against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. carry a total maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines. A look at the charges as outlined in a 22-page indictment released Friday: Count one: Obstruction of justice The...Tags: Punishment, Prosecution, Valerie Plame Wilson, Lewis Libby, FBI
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TV coverage of 9/11 moving, thoughtful
Sun Television CriticTelevision yesterday took America on a marvelous journey of remembrance, sorrow, symbolism and resolution. The road of coverage was a long and bumpy one that at times during the afternoon did not seem well planned at some networks and cable channels. But...Tags: Satellite Technology, The Holocaust (1934-1945), ABC (tv network), Symbols and Symbolism, George Bush
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Even in face of 'Columbia,' astronauts say, carry on
BY YESTERDAY, the cold, sick feeling of seeing the space shuttle Columbia explode in the blue Texas sky was fading for many, replaced by a numbness as gray as the February dawn. Once again, as the TV networks noted, we were in full "America in Mourning"...Tags: Space Programs, Rocketry, Explosions, Technology, Manhattan (New York City)
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Michael Hyland
Michael Hyland joined FOX43 in April 2012 as a multimedia journalist after spending several years reporting in Virginia and West Virginia.
He most recently worked at WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia during one of the most fascinating (and...Tags: CNN (tv network), NBC (tv network)
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Why Romney is not a 'flip-flopper' on abortion rights
Change of SubjectSpeaking of long-form journalism, as Megan was earlier, Slate's William Saletan has posted The Conversion--How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion, a 12,000-plus word analysis of Romney's various positions on this hot-button issue: The... -
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