I can't imagine how hard that would have been to report that to the world as he did, like saying your close friend just randomly died and you are still trying to cope and take it in and hafta get on TV to share with everyone, that's incredible strength that I don't have, much respect
Why was this a Special Report? Its sad that he died, but a journalist seems over the top. When I see breaking news or special report its taken 10 times more lightly than it was as early as the early 90s and prior.
@xaqshuna2003 The other networks didn't break in, only NBC, his place of employment. As per journalistic tradition, other networks waited for NBC to announce his passing before they said anything. Only the cable networks covered it live. As far as why NBC broke in, he was the face (along with Tom Brokaw) of NBC News and a stalwart in American journalism. It was also so incredibly unexpected.
How can anyone stomach this Brokaw cocksucker anymore? He sucked as an anchor, could never pronounce a goddamned "L" sound, and now fancies himself some kind of elder statesman and expert on American culture. What a total gasbag, why couldn't his ass have fallen off that bridge?
Shit just isn't fair. Tim has ONE heart attack he bites the dust. A good man who made sure you weren't bamboozled and knew all the facts....gone. Meanwhile the evil liars like fuckin Cheney who has had over 500 heart attacks just keeps on ticking.
@CUNTservativesRDung And you, like all stupid, childish, lying, hate-filled, scumbag libs, deserves a hole between your eyes. Of course, all it would do is let the air out.
It seems stupid but I just cried over Tim. Why is it stupid? I am a 15 year old boy from the UK. I was flicking through NBC News videos a month ago when I found this one. I researched, I looked at more of Tim's work and found how he was such a great journalist, a career I want to take up. He joins the greats and an even more elite list, journalists who have made me cry. God Bless you Tim. God Bless.
This cult of personality our nation has with certain figures in journalism is dangerous. These guys should stick with reporting the news the public needs to hear. They haven't done their jobs very well for the last 30 years. Especially television news. Even Russert got played by Cheney back in 2002, and he was one of the best.
Tim Russert was a really interesting guy. I felt his coverage was always very fair and unbiased. I feel sorry for his family and the NBC people he left behind. But to be fair, in all of our lives, we have so see sadness to appreciate what we had. If we didn't we would not know what should be appreciated. Mr. Russert proved that. We miss him now that he is gone, and perhaps we did not appreciate how great he was in his days with us.
It baffles me how, in the midst of a respectful salute to a dedicated professional man by people of all outlooks, some pitiful, insecure fool has to slither out of the scum to sling crap. I would reply in a way that would shake you to your worthless soul, but that would insult some of my friends. So I will do what you would hate the most - ignore you. Shouldn't have answered but whether I agree with them or not, I respect both Mr. Russert and Mr. Brokaw for their professionalism.
Is Tom BrokenJaw a closet faggot who likes FISHDICKS ? Watch his fucking fish lips..he can't speak right. He has some weird fag boy speech impoediment.
Brian Williams was on assignment in Baghdad that day, that's why Brokaw did the bulletin. Brokaw happened to be in the NBC News offices in New York that day to work on one of the special projects he did after stepping down from Nightly News, so he volunteered to make the announcement.
@da40flyer cant hardly believe its been that long ago since he passed, i remember watching this live when it first broke in.. a sad day in world news indeed.
@selhax What on earth is your problem with Tim Russert? He was a hard-working and very fair journalist. He was not a political figure; he just reported on politics. Why so bitter? What did he ever do to you to deserve your maniacal hateful rant?
All of you....shut up. Don't make any of this about YOU. This clip is about Tim Russert & his family. I'm sure most of you have enough humanity left in you to respect that and quit arguing about politics & name calling.
I remember seeing this live on TV, as a 24yr old at the time I was heartbroken to learn this news of someone who was just so amazing and brilliant had tragically left us, words cant express then nor can they now, but we miss you everyday, and thanks for everything! WE SALUTE YOU, TIM!
Tim shouldn't have asked so many questions about the skull and bones society. Aaron Russo asked similiar questions and had a similiar mysterious and untimely death as well.
CNN was ready to do a "Breaking News" segment, as was the other networks, but they held up the story until NBC had a chance to gather itself and make the first special report.
@chrumfelt goes to show you that there is still respect in the brodcasting family. For all the bad out there they still manage to do a good thing from time to time.
@chrumfelt To gather itself? lol don't be such a melodramatic idiot. They were waiting until the Russert family was notified so they wouldn't hear it announced on TV. The network wasn't sitting around broken up trying to "gather itself." Why are people on You Tube so ridiculous sometimes?
One of Tim Russert's characteristics that made him a really great moderator is that he left his personal and political beliefs in the green room and picked them up when he got off work.
what kind of world do we live in where people like Tim Russert pass away and people like Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olberman are still living? Tim was a no BS journalist who was perhaps the most unbiased journalist in the mainstream media. RIP Tim you will surely be missed
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I've been a Conservative my whole life and I still miss Tim Russert. He always struck me as a great family man and a very fair interview. I hope he is resting in peace.
I was watching, and remember one of the golf announcers noting "We have to break away for an NBC News Special Report". Then this flash came.
"Meet The Press" had struggled in the ratings prior to Russert's arrival; by the time of his death, "MTP" had become the dominant Sunday-morning political talk show in the ratings, a status it still holds under current host David Gregory.
I only wish Tim Russert had lived to participate in convention and election night coverage.
TV news isn't the same after Peter Jennings and Tim Russert died. It's even more not the same that Tom Brokaw retired. :-( I miss the good old news days back in the 80's and 90's.
@roz805 He was just another government suckup assclown, no better than the drones and bimbos at Fox News or CNN. He missed chance after chance to expose the Bush administration's lies and chicanery and to out the criminals on Wall Street. All modern TV journalists are nothing but disgraceful careerists, and he was no different.
@dirac33 I can't disagree with you about the drones and bimbos on Fox News, but there is no one then or currently that can compete with Tim Russert. Media is a for profit business run by multinational megaconglomerates with a very specific agenda. Considering that truth and the economic constraints upon him, he did a pretty good job researching his subjects and calling people on their bs. Did he hit every topic? No. Could he have done more damage? Doubtful.
@roz805 Well I liked him too, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather drink beer and watch football with. But someone from the 4th estate needs to start chewing some ass, rather than being a corporate suck-up trying to keep a job - and some of these guys, e.g. Olbermann, get so caught up in their own excellence that they become the very thing they are pretending to not be. So Russert went over some kind of line by cutting people slack who did not deserve it. Like Colin Powell did.
If anyone can dig up footage from Conan O'Brien's Late Night that evening, I would greatly appreciate it. From what I've read, he simply walked onto the stage without any music or intro, informed the audience that he had just learned of Russert's passing, then played several clips from Russert's appearances on Late Night.
Tim Russert was one of the truly great journalists and political commentators. I would watch his show every Sunday with my parents, and I was always amazed by his integrity, honestly, and idealism. He clearly loved this country and the political process. Tom Brokow couldn't have put it any better. Tim has been and will continue to be dearly missed.
dignity that what mr tim russert stood for hope luke follows in his footsteps and takes over meet the press when christiana relinquishes it go luke hold that tiger you are very young and the russert voice has not heard its last day meet the press i hope to see you hosting it one day in the near future go irish
Tim was the last of a generation that actually cared about reporting the news and not re-writing their own version of it. He is much missed and you can tell the volume of his loss since his death by the shoddy, irresponsible, biased, vitriolic reprting of today's "reporters".
If anyone in televised political journalism had more integrity and non partisan balance than Tim Russert, I don't know it. He was a class act and as far as I'm concerned the Sunday Morning News "political round table" shows have all suffered with his passing.
nbc political team has proven to be very weak after the unfortunate passing of Tim...chuck todd is a know it all joke and david gregory is just not fit for the job...
Remember this day well...it was during the 2nd round of the US Open from Torrey Pines...didn't someone else famous die that day or right around that day?
Thank you! The responds of all you sheep, never once mentioned the term "Jornalism" just like you can't spell the term democracy! Anyone on this site are sheep, following a good natured down hole, You ass kissers, Look at America now! All you cry-babys see America as then, Well, cry to grave, better look-up and see America now!
The putrefying Tim Russert was a corporate elitist who had a keen knack for regurgitating garbage from teleprompters. He wasn't a journalist. He didn't care about the middle class, nor the sovereignty of our former Constitutional Republic. Why would the corporate media hire a loose cannon as their liaison anyway? Stop worshiping this tubby charlatan. Stop promoting him as a man of the people, as he clearly was not.
If you hate the man so much why the hell were you watching this video? You don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about. Tim Russert was not a loose cannon, he was one of the most level headed journalist on T.V. You're buddies on Fox News are loose cannons. What the hell are you talking about he doesn't care about the people? Have you ever been to Buffalo? Anyone who grew up in South Buffalo has a soft spot for the little guy. You're a moron.
I cannot express how very much I miss this man...He brought me to politics so many years ago, and kept me interested throughout my adult life. I cried when he died. Cried for a man I never knew.
@b8tovene ...why did you feel sad, it's not like he cared about you.
Tim Russert, like almost all mainstream 'journalists,' worked for the predatory ruling class and made millions talking around the issues that have ruined the United States because he thought his masters would take care of him.
Although I'm indifferent to his death, I don't miss him at all.
I miss Russert and his MTP show on Sunday. He was unequalled in his ability to ask the probing questions of our political leaders. it's too bad some people want to use his death as a way to score political points against Cheney.
@9751asd By all means fuckface go ahead and report me, i just looked over the comment i posted many MANY months ago and not one negative thing is said in my comment, now hows about you stop being sucha fuckin keyboard warrior and pull your head out of your arse and get a fucking life instead of trying to act like a hero on something that was said months ago.
Tim Russert was murdered by a drug induced heart attack.While visiting Italy, he met with the Former President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga, & came back to the U.S. with the desire to open a fair debate about the issue. Being a good Roman Catholic, he wanted to get to the bottom of it all, particularly due to all the real Americans who have been persistent to heckle him for not reporting the facts on air when he went to and fro from the office.
I just finished ' Big Russ and Me" Geez, Tim Russert was a genuine good guy-- the kind of person we would all enjoy having as a friend. His legacy will live on proudly.
Poor Tom Brokaw - you could hear the emotion in his voice. Obviously, it would be difficult - even as a seasoned professional - to broadcast the death of your friend. Buffalo was very proud of Tim.
RIP to a great man and journalist, T. Russert
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SpaSpaSpaz 2 days ago
I'd love to lick a lemon lollipop in Lillehammer
TheVlogADay 4 days ago
I can't imagine how hard that would have been to report that to the world as he did, like saying your close friend just randomly died and you are still trying to cope and take it in and hafta get on TV to share with everyone, that's incredible strength that I don't have, much respect
ViperRob42 3 weeks ago
Both of them class acts and none of the idiots on TV these days as part of the dumbing down of America will ever come close.
Grouchomx 1 month ago
Go bills
jakebrake4343 1 month ago
Why was this a Special Report? Its sad that he died, but a journalist seems over the top. When I see breaking news or special report its taken 10 times more lightly than it was as early as the early 90s and prior.
xaqshuna2003 2 months ago
@xaqshuna2003 The other networks didn't break in, only NBC, his place of employment. As per journalistic tradition, other networks waited for NBC to announce his passing before they said anything. Only the cable networks covered it live. As far as why NBC broke in, he was the face (along with Tom Brokaw) of NBC News and a stalwart in American journalism. It was also so incredibly unexpected.
TrojanJustin 2 months ago
he had a hard time reporting that
DevilsFreak17 2 months ago 2
How can anyone stomach this Brokaw cocksucker anymore? He sucked as an anchor, could never pronounce a goddamned "L" sound, and now fancies himself some kind of elder statesman and expert on American culture. What a total gasbag, why couldn't his ass have fallen off that bridge?
tomkes100douchebag 2 months ago
Shit just isn't fair. Tim has ONE heart attack he bites the dust. A good man who made sure you weren't bamboozled and knew all the facts....gone. Meanwhile the evil liars like fuckin Cheney who has had over 500 heart attacks just keeps on ticking.
It ain't fuckin fair.
CUNTservativesRDung 3 months ago
@CUNTservativesRDung And you, like all stupid, childish, lying, hate-filled, scumbag libs, deserves a hole between your eyes. Of course, all it would do is let the air out.
mkp823 3 months ago
It seems stupid but I just cried over Tim. Why is it stupid? I am a 15 year old boy from the UK. I was flicking through NBC News videos a month ago when I found this one. I researched, I looked at more of Tim's work and found how he was such a great journalist, a career I want to take up. He joins the greats and an even more elite list, journalists who have made me cry. God Bless you Tim. God Bless.
MrPerson542 3 months ago
@rosskstar yeah wtf?
ktmlover90 4 months ago
This cult of personality our nation has with certain figures in journalism is dangerous. These guys should stick with reporting the news the public needs to hear. They haven't done their jobs very well for the last 30 years. Especially television news. Even Russert got played by Cheney back in 2002, and he was one of the best.
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haskelman 5 months ago
Uh oh, its Tom Brokaw. Something terrible has happened.
XenaAmazon 6 months ago
God Bless Tim Russert for asking Bush & Kerry about the Skull & bones society & openin peoples eyes to their bull shit. Death to the new world order
MeThinks995 6 months ago
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Tim Russert raped and killed a girl in 1990.
Noobssuckass300 6 months ago
Killuminati
Wutwut1n1 7 months ago
poor guy hopefully hes in a better place....
tomsawyersgunstash 7 months ago in playlist TV
@tomsawyersgunstash what? in the ground?
excaliburtation 6 months ago
A rumpled, wonderful, and principles journalist.
ThatHistoryGuy 7 months ago
he was poisoned
powerslave710 7 months ago
That music makes me shudder. (cause it scares me.)
Christianrocker1990 7 months ago
This was hard to watch. I don't know how he held himself together
neqquah 8 months ago
Hardly anybody knew he would die.
RJWooller 8 months ago
Tim Russert was a really interesting guy. I felt his coverage was always very fair and unbiased. I feel sorry for his family and the NBC people he left behind. But to be fair, in all of our lives, we have so see sadness to appreciate what we had. If we didn't we would not know what should be appreciated. Mr. Russert proved that. We miss him now that he is gone, and perhaps we did not appreciate how great he was in his days with us.
somewhatlongdong 8 months ago
he always seemed to be a man completely in love with life....and it's wonders....
mrbriscoe2001 8 months ago
i graduated from high school the day he died
ashleysweet530 8 months ago
couldn't have had a bigger class act than brokaw make this announcement. he casts a far bigger shaddow than russert.
sensi1985 8 months ago
RIP Tim Russert. Your voice is missed!
BlackUp77 9 months ago
I was referring to the moron with the "fishlips" etc. comments. My apologies to anyone who misunderstood.
oldesquid 9 months ago
It baffles me how, in the midst of a respectful salute to a dedicated professional man by people of all outlooks, some pitiful, insecure fool has to slither out of the scum to sling crap. I would reply in a way that would shake you to your worthless soul, but that would insult some of my friends. So I will do what you would hate the most - ignore you. Shouldn't have answered but whether I agree with them or not, I respect both Mr. Russert and Mr. Brokaw for their professionalism.
oldesquid 9 months ago 4
Man, he is really struggling.
tlink166 9 months ago 3
i was amazed that brokaw got through this without breaking down. he came close a couple of times.
tranurse 10 months ago
so tim russert was another victim from the illuminati...
jcruz7867 10 months ago
@jcruz7867 jesus stop bullshitting with that illuminati crap.
1234blahluv 10 months ago 6
Thx for posting this, RIP Tim.
UnionKid15 10 months ago
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UnionKid15 10 months ago
RIP Timmy
APizzle90 11 months ago 2
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Is Tom BrokenJaw a closet faggot who likes FISHDICKS ? Watch his fucking fish lips..he can't speak right. He has some weird fag boy speech impoediment.
myvaginaislooseful 11 months ago
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Is Tom BrokenJaw a closet faggot who likes FISHDICKS ?
myvaginaislooseful 11 months ago
this was a sad day for America.
thesageofohio 11 months ago 3
Brian Williams was on assignment in Baghdad that day, that's why Brokaw did the bulletin. Brokaw happened to be in the NBC News offices in New York that day to work on one of the special projects he did after stepping down from Nightly News, so he volunteered to make the announcement.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago
@MegaObserver1 You always know though that when Brokaw comes on for a special report, something pretty bad has happened.
da40flyer 11 months ago 17
@da40flyer cant hardly believe its been that long ago since he passed, i remember watching this live when it first broke in.. a sad day in world news indeed.
R.I.P tim.
osytheowns 5 months ago
Did he died?
bryandamadman 1 year ago 2
@bryandamadman Yes, almost 3 years ago now.
BrandonRhea 1 year ago
@selhax What on earth is your problem with Tim Russert? He was a hard-working and very fair journalist. He was not a political figure; he just reported on politics. Why so bitter? What did he ever do to you to deserve your maniacal hateful rant?
zildj1an 1 year ago
@selhax omfg, ur siiick! u know that? u should see someone.. i bet ur one of those middle east guys, who wants to blow up america.
razior1337 1 year ago
Florida, Florida, Florida
nyankee2003 1 year ago 2
BOYCOTT TUCSON AZ THEY KILLED MY DOG SUKI ON 1/5/2011
pimakilledsuki 1 year ago
Tom Brokaw briefly came back from retirement when Russert died. I miss tim russert
GameShowNetwork 1 year ago
God Bless you Russ. Go Bills.
Yentonian 1 year ago
lovin to lickin them lemon lollipops
DeltaPBMKM 1 year ago
All of you....shut up. Don't make any of this about YOU. This clip is about Tim Russert & his family. I'm sure most of you have enough humanity left in you to respect that and quit arguing about politics & name calling.
indyracingnut 1 year ago
I remember seeing this live on TV, as a 24yr old at the time I was heartbroken to learn this news of someone who was just so amazing and brilliant had tragically left us, words cant express then nor can they now, but we miss you everyday, and thanks for everything! WE SALUTE YOU, TIM!
ViperRob42 1 year ago
died young! RIP
ineedaname777777 1 year ago
You were the last hope for network television news, Tim (now that Tom Brokaw has retired). We still miss you so much.
dcbandnerd 1 year ago
Lets go BILLS!
spyder79z 1 year ago
Ok that is totally freaky. I thought the same thing. Wow.
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
@KristaDawn1985 Me too!!!
nittany272 1 year ago
I remember watching MSNBC at the time, regarding the R. Kelly trial, and this came on.
To be honest, for some reason I thought that the were going to announce that Senator Obama had been killed.
I always liked Russert. RIP.
AntonBatey 1 year ago
Florida, Florida, Florida
nyankee2003 1 year ago
Tim shouldn't have asked so many questions about the skull and bones society. Aaron Russo asked similiar questions and had a similiar mysterious and untimely death as well.
tellul8r 1 year ago
poor Timmy
SCUBONZIES 1 year ago
CNN was ready to do a "Breaking News" segment, as was the other networks, but they held up the story until NBC had a chance to gather itself and make the first special report.
chrumfelt 1 year ago 52
@chrumfelt very honorable. very respectful.
STOPobama1 10 months ago
@chrumfelt That's really cool, I guess there still is some professionalism in journalism
wuzzlevideos 9 months ago
@chrumfelt goes to show you that there is still respect in the brodcasting family. For all the bad out there they still manage to do a good thing from time to time.
jck148 8 months ago
@chrumfelt I hope that's fact, you got a source?
Christianrocker1990 7 months ago
@chrumfelt To gather itself? lol don't be such a melodramatic idiot. They were waiting until the Russert family was notified so they wouldn't hear it announced on TV. The network wasn't sitting around broken up trying to "gather itself." Why are people on You Tube so ridiculous sometimes?
mustangred 7 months ago
I'D LOVE TO LICK A LEMON LOLIPOP IN LILIHAMMER
LaughJester9000 1 year ago
I am so sad over Tim Russert's death still. He was the very best and he is sorely missed.
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His head was entirely too big and fat. Good riddance.
mightydyckerson 1 year ago
@mightydyckerson Your asshole's probably too loose for it's own good, good riddance for when you go!
NathanArnoldCharging 1 year ago
The last journalist on NBC. He would be shocked and saddened to see the clown show it has quickly degenerated into to.
Gaius8666a 1 year ago
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Ok, let's be clear: I liked Tim Russert. But how does his death warrant a "breaking news" segment? The world goes on....
nojyt 1 year ago
I am a big fan of Brokaw also and it kills me every time I see this...
Grouchomx 1 year ago
One of Tim Russert's characteristics that made him a really great moderator is that he left his personal and political beliefs in the green room and picked them up when he got off work.
RIP Tim Russert (1950-2008)
gatewayeast1609 1 year ago
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gatewayeast1609 1 year ago
what kind of world do we live in where people like Tim Russert pass away and people like Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olberman are still living? Tim was a no BS journalist who was perhaps the most unbiased journalist in the mainstream media. RIP Tim you will surely be missed
s2000oholic 1 year ago
Listen, if Tom was this guy's close friend, he would want to exploit it
bigpapashoosh 1 year ago
I like to lick lemon lollipops in lillyhammer!
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Efficacious24 1 year ago
Times are so scary right now. I really miss him. It just breaks my heart.
Tlingitone 1 year ago
I've been a Conservative my whole life and I still miss Tim Russert. He always struck me as a great family man and a very fair interview. I hope he is resting in peace.
GRQUNDHQG 1 year ago 2
I liked Tim Russert he kept it simple was never flashy and got the facts. He asked the sort of questions the average person wanted answers to.....
TomSanderson100 1 year ago 3
GO BILLS!!!
csquaredremixz 1 year ago
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REST IN HELL...Potato Head
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nparga23 1 year ago
I was watching, and remember one of the golf announcers noting "We have to break away for an NBC News Special Report". Then this flash came.
"Meet The Press" had struggled in the ratings prior to Russert's arrival; by the time of his death, "MTP" had become the dominant Sunday-morning political talk show in the ratings, a status it still holds under current host David Gregory.
I only wish Tim Russert had lived to participate in convention and election night coverage.
altfactor 1 year ago
TV news isn't the same after Peter Jennings and Tim Russert died. It's even more not the same that Tom Brokaw retired. :-( I miss the good old news days back in the 80's and 90's.
megaplexnews 1 year ago
Good evening, I'm Tim RussHNNNNNNGGGGG
DaceFalar7 1 year ago
This is one of the most important political men of all time, I miss him every Sunday.
TheSaladExpert 1 year ago
Rest in peace, Tim Russert. You will be missed.
Nanaman12345 1 year ago
i just known that he made and interview with bush and kerry about skull and bones topic in his program!.
jxtoohg 1 year ago
Very very sad death :( Regardless of his horrible and mislead politcal views, its just terrible that it happened.
doubleas2380 1 year ago
RIP
Getdamoneyng0 1 year ago
Certainly sad for the friends of Russert and minimally newsworthy. The extensive coverage goes how important newspeople think they are.
jwmellott 1 year ago
How awful to have to break the news of the death of a close friend on national television.
finallygrownup 1 year ago
I remember Rush Limbaugh's reaction- jealous of the fact that when he passes away, he'll never get the accolades that Russert did.
scifiradioguy 1 year ago
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@scifiradioguy "jealous of the fact that when he passes away, he'll never get the accolades that Russert did."
nor will he get to take his prescription bottles with him 6 feet under.
dontworryaboutit2110 1 year ago
@scifiradioguy who will though? Certainley no one in the media today
enjoyitbro 1 year ago
gone
chewbaca1989 1 year ago
Oh how I miss the late great Tim Russert. There's no one, I mean no one, that can take his place.
roz805 1 year ago 30
@roz805 He was just another government suckup assclown, no better than the drones and bimbos at Fox News or CNN. He missed chance after chance to expose the Bush administration's lies and chicanery and to out the criminals on Wall Street. All modern TV journalists are nothing but disgraceful careerists, and he was no different.
dirac33 9 months ago
@dirac33 I can't disagree with you about the drones and bimbos on Fox News, but there is no one then or currently that can compete with Tim Russert. Media is a for profit business run by multinational megaconglomerates with a very specific agenda. Considering that truth and the economic constraints upon him, he did a pretty good job researching his subjects and calling people on their bs. Did he hit every topic? No. Could he have done more damage? Doubtful.
roz805 9 months ago
@roz805 Well I liked him too, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather drink beer and watch football with. But someone from the 4th estate needs to start chewing some ass, rather than being a corporate suck-up trying to keep a job - and some of these guys, e.g. Olbermann, get so caught up in their own excellence that they become the very thing they are pretending to not be. So Russert went over some kind of line by cutting people slack who did not deserve it. Like Colin Powell did.
dirac33 9 months ago
Tom Brokaw,Tim Russert,Brian Williams,and Larry King are the last good male anchors on TV
AccessDenied55 7 months ago
If anyone can dig up footage from Conan O'Brien's Late Night that evening, I would greatly appreciate it. From what I've read, he simply walked onto the stage without any music or intro, informed the audience that he had just learned of Russert's passing, then played several clips from Russert's appearances on Late Night.
CamilleNadia 1 year ago
Tim Russert was one of the truly great journalists and political commentators. I would watch his show every Sunday with my parents, and I was always amazed by his integrity, honestly, and idealism. He clearly loved this country and the political process. Tom Brokow couldn't have put it any better. Tim has been and will continue to be dearly missed.
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i heard he was the real father of brians griffin son. is it true?
1980troll 1 year ago
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I heard he was the real father of Brian's Griffin son. Is it true?
1980troll 1 year ago
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1980troll 1 year ago
Yeah you can tell Tom trying his best to hold it together, gotta feel for him.
Konnerdad 1 year ago
dignity that what mr tim russert stood for hope luke follows in his footsteps and takes over meet the press when christiana relinquishes it go luke hold that tiger you are very young and the russert voice has not heard its last day meet the press i hope to see you hosting it one day in the near future go irish
jazzsaavy 1 year ago
Tim Russert was a good man and journalist!
BranIL28 1 year ago
Tim was the last of a generation that actually cared about reporting the news and not re-writing their own version of it. He is much missed and you can tell the volume of his loss since his death by the shoddy, irresponsible, biased, vitriolic reprting of today's "reporters".
stevedrums 1 year ago 2
This announcment still brings me to tears after all this time! God Bless Tim Russert! Go Bills!
Juniorlippy 1 year ago
I loved Tim and I did not know how much until he was gone. RIP Tim.
AWfan1999 1 year ago
RIP BIG GUY!
airnational 1 year ago
we has killed....
we wanted to know to mutch..
pedrobobby 1 year ago
yuk... what a nauseating love in... he was a corporate shill for nbc and was just another lever in the establishment.
huntertristan 1 year ago
So sad...I really wished he were around to have seen the end of the 2008 elections for his analysis
mdterp01 1 year ago
If anyone in televised political journalism had more integrity and non partisan balance than Tim Russert, I don't know it. He was a class act and as far as I'm concerned the Sunday Morning News "political round table" shows have all suffered with his passing.
batvette 1 year ago
Only fitting that Tom Brokaw made this announcement. He was the only man for the job.
thunderstruck665 1 year ago
nbc political team has proven to be very weak after the unfortunate passing of Tim...chuck todd is a know it all joke and david gregory is just not fit for the job...
thetruthis9 1 year ago 2
Wow, this was two years ago already? I liked Tim.
philaracross 1 year ago
I tear up when Tom says "my friend and colleague, Tim Russert" you can tell he's trying so hard to keep it together.
johnnystir 1 year ago 2
I'd love to lick a lemon lolipop in Lillyhammer.
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
Irony: Note that the 2007 NBC "Special Report" theme was a longer version of the "Meet The Press" theme music.
altfactor 1 year ago
Remember this day well...it was during the 2nd round of the US Open from Torrey Pines...didn't someone else famous die that day or right around that day?
wow13d 1 year ago
I was sitting in Applebees when I found out about Tim Russert died. He was the empitomy of fair and balanced reporting.
bobthefreak09 1 year ago
Buffalo wings.
almightywitey 1 year ago
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Look how fat that guy was. Is it a big shocker that he fell over dead?
BobsWorld666 1 year ago
he's sad because "they" killed him
jtizz711 1 year ago
I think Tom Brokaw did very well with this it must have been very hard to report the loss of a friend
TomSanderson100 1 year ago 2
It's sad to me to read negative comments on a man who was a great son, a great dad, and a believer. Nothing left needs to be said.
bjhennessey 1 year ago
Thank you! The responds of all you sheep, never once mentioned the term "Jornalism" just like you can't spell the term democracy! Anyone on this site are sheep, following a good natured down hole, You ass kissers, Look at America now! All you cry-babys see America as then, Well, cry to grave, better look-up and see America now!
grantswede 1 year ago
The putrefying Tim Russert was a corporate elitist who had a keen knack for regurgitating garbage from teleprompters. He wasn't a journalist. He didn't care about the middle class, nor the sovereignty of our former Constitutional Republic. Why would the corporate media hire a loose cannon as their liaison anyway? Stop worshiping this tubby charlatan. Stop promoting him as a man of the people, as he clearly was not.
TheManWithTVEyes 1 year ago
If you hate the man so much why the hell were you watching this video? You don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about. Tim Russert was not a loose cannon, he was one of the most level headed journalist on T.V. You're buddies on Fox News are loose cannons. What the hell are you talking about he doesn't care about the people? Have you ever been to Buffalo? Anyone who grew up in South Buffalo has a soft spot for the little guy. You're a moron.
braunb86 1 year ago
@braunb86 : Was Tim Russert a little guy?
TheManWithTVEyes 1 year ago
@braunb86 : Tim Russert practices the pretension of being "of the people." Russert was a corporate lickspittle, as is Geraldo.
TheManWithTVEyes 1 year ago
A couple of war mongerer gatekeepers.
nykytne13 1 year ago
Too bad I couldn't meet him in the real world since he's gone, but Heaven's the only place hang out with him when I die in about 70 or 80 years.
Brundall525 1 year ago
hes is struggling to hold back the emotion
bongabinga 1 year ago
Wow. You can really tell Tom's struggling not to lose it.
CamilleNadia 1 year ago 51
RIP Tim, we miss you.
Kieran195 1 year ago
I cannot express how very much I miss this man...He brought me to politics so many years ago, and kept me interested throughout my adult life. I cried when he died. Cried for a man I never knew.
b8tovene 1 year ago 71
@b8tovene oh gee whiz...poor baby, you fuckhead libtard
nparga23 1 year ago
@b8tovene I know what you mean about Tim Russert. He took my virginity in 2004 when I was 15. He was a well endowed man.
owl1970 1 year ago
@owl1970 LMFO to soon tho
coltsrule5150 1 year ago
@b8tovene ...why did you feel sad, it's not like he cared about you.
Tim Russert, like almost all mainstream 'journalists,' worked for the predatory ruling class and made millions talking around the issues that have ruined the United States because he thought his masters would take care of him.
Although I'm indifferent to his death, I don't miss him at all.
911insidejo8 1 year ago
@b8tovene I miss Tim Rusert too, he seemed like a very kind individual with a tough job in a not-so-very-kind World of political news.
TheUniverseNow 1 year ago
I miss Russert and his MTP show on Sunday. He was unequalled in his ability to ask the probing questions of our political leaders. it's too bad some people want to use his death as a way to score political points against Cheney.
easttcobb 1 year ago
wow im surprised a reporter dieing gets breaking news coverage.
anchorman87 1 year ago
I just don't get it. Tim Russert has one heart attack and he's dead.
Mean while Tricky Dick the second Cheney has had 500 of them and he's still kicking.
It's shit like that that makes life so unfair.
dontworryaboutit2110 1 year ago
@dontworryaboutit2110 Evil never dies.
vlcupper 1 year ago
i'd love to lick a lillipop in lilehammer
xPURPLExKILLERx 1 year ago 2
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD
InformationMinister 1 year ago
lol sorry i was supposed to give you a thumbs up but them my finger slipped LOL
xPURPLExKILLERx 1 year ago 3
Lol nah it's cool, what you said was worth the laughs hahaha
InformationMinister 1 year ago
@InformationMinister hey punk shut the fuck up on politics if i see you berating dead people again i will report you to youtube management
9751asd 1 year ago
@9751asd By all means fuckface go ahead and report me, i just looked over the comment i posted many MANY months ago and not one negative thing is said in my comment, now hows about you stop being sucha fuckin keyboard warrior and pull your head out of your arse and get a fucking life instead of trying to act like a hero on something that was said months ago.
InformationMinister 1 year ago
It'd a nice town...sure you will have fun
IrishLincoln 1 year ago
RIP Tim Russert 1950-2008.
whatitis99 1 year ago 2
Tim was the voice of balance in the world of American political journalism..
One of the Kind
R.I.P.
bigtimeglupek 1 year ago
Tom seemed a bit out of breath, and upset, but I'm glad he kept it together. What a pro he is!
visor109 1 year ago 2
Oh yes I expect so. He almost lost it at the memorial after Tim Russert's son spoke.
bubblinbrownsugar616 1 year ago
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Tim Russert was murdered by a drug induced heart attack.While visiting Italy, he met with the Former President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga, & came back to the U.S. with the desire to open a fair debate about the issue. Being a good Roman Catholic, he wanted to get to the bottom of it all, particularly due to all the real Americans who have been persistent to heckle him for not reporting the facts on air when he went to and fro from the office.
Wake Up America! Nine one one was an inside job.
TroddinSod 1 year ago
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One simple question to you:
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I mean, hard facts that can be verified?
Prove it!
lapwiz 1 year ago
Chilling video...
xBloodXGusherx 1 year ago
I just finished ' Big Russ and Me" Geez, Tim Russert was a genuine good guy-- the kind of person we would all enjoy having as a friend. His legacy will live on proudly.
85iceman 1 year ago 2
I'm going to hell for laughing at this because I can't help but think of Dana Carvey or Ed Helms impression of Tom Brokaw.
"Gerald Ford Died today after being mauled by a pack of wolves."
lol
tonygunshow19 1 year ago
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the ILLUMINATI murdered TiM RUSSERT fuk the zionist jews illuminati,,,,,, they murdered him because he expose BUSH little dirty secret SKULL & BONES.
casper18nyc 1 year ago
Poor Tom Brokaw - you could hear the emotion in his voice. Obviously, it would be difficult - even as a seasoned professional - to broadcast the death of your friend. Buffalo was very proud of Tim.
crispiegee1 1 year ago
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See you in hell, you fat fuck propagandist
savemyplaylist 2 years ago