Tim Russert dying is the biggest story since 9/11

ALL of the nets?!

Even the volleyball net?
The bug net??

Please, dear god, not the Aqua Net!

I have to agree with Joe. This coverage is ridiculous.
Midnight, the Aqua Net always provides full coverage.

Midnight radio, the Fishing Net did 4 hours on Tim Russert's favorite Lures

In the spirit of equal representation...

Walter Cronkite

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I hate to admit that after 1 1/2 hours of coverage I finally made my boyfriend change the channel. We wound up putting in a movie.

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'zackly, besty.

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I will admit for awhile there on Friday the coverage was overwhelming -- but to those of us who live, breathe and sleep politics -- Meet the Press with Tim Russert was an institution. It was the barometer for the rest of the week. Tim asked the questions that demanded answers and unlike so many other moderators actually wanted his guests to answer. He held up the people in his life. He valued and respected the political system however flawed and the people in it, and for that I am dearly grateful. He was far from perfect and I disagreed and much as I agreed with him, nonetheless I have watched and re-watched the final episode taped on June 8 and today with Tom Brokaw. I will admit to getting sentimental off and on all day. Tim was a man's man....I can only be happy that he saw Luke graduate and the end of the Primary season....but will sorely miss him for the duration of this political season.

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Everyone is forgetting the passage in the book of Revelations that explains the attention:

3:23
"And lo, it shall come to pass that Tim Russert will be smote by the hand of satan. Whence this occurs, the first of the horsemen will be signaled to ascend from his fiery place of waiting."

And if any of you doubt that the end of days is near, I would like to call your attention to fact that Xanadu lost the Tony award last night. Surely a sign.

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This guy agrees:
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I think it's important to note that Tim Russert was the antithesis of all the talking heads and pundits that have taken over political coverage, so I think it is absolutely proper we should celebrate his life, and mourn one of the last and finest in unbiased political coverage.

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Tim Russert was a simple yet extraordinary human being. He touched a lot of lives in a very personal way.

Members of the media were shocked and devastated by the news. An extremely large--and dysfunctional family--the media are dealing with this loss as any of us would were we to lose someone special in our lives. Devoting so much coverage to him probably seems like the least they can do to honor someone who mattered to so many people...and a way to deal with their own grief.

I don't understand why anyone is expressing bewilderment or dismay over this coverage. Tim Russert educated boatloads of people about matters that will impact generations to come. When Heath Ledger died, people on this board were unable to think of anything else. Many took his death personally and engaged in arguments with others about the significance of his contribution to humanity.

Just to give you some perspective on this, George W. Bush was interrupted during a meeting with French President Sarkozy to be told of Tim Russert's untimely death. He was a man of great influence and yet a modest and kindly individual.

How people process death and grieve may not be how "we" might do it, but to criticize a community for honoring one of its own seems somewhat short-sighted to me. They're doing it the only way they know how: by reporting it, talking about it, making it "real," and then finally moving on.

Rest in peace, Mr. Russert. My heartfelt condolences to his family.

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