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RIP, Tim... Now Get Off the Air

Media overdid Russert's demise

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2008 12:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – Tim Russert was an extraordinary journalist, and his passing is a sad loss, but the news media went a bit overboard this weekend, writes Debra Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle. “We now know more about Tim Russert than Vladimir Putin,” she points...   Read full story »

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