If It's Sunday...

I don't think any in our generation have witnessed this kind of reaction to the death of a journalist (Daniel Pearl excluded). It speaks to how different he was in the field of TV news. There is nothing else like Meet The Press. Nowhere else can you find an hour of deadly serious political journalism. On other shows, it is about the host, it is about the set, it is about the network, it is about right vs. left. Tim Russert was only interested in the truth, only interested in breaking something new, something important, something we needed to know to fulfill our civic duty. It was about accountability, about a rigorous examination of political credentials. As Barack Obama stated, he was the "standard bearer for serious journalism."
I was very much looking forward to hearing this historic election through Tim Russert but I suppose I can hope that his death has focused people's attention on integrity, on honesty, on good politics.