tim russert.....i always watched face the nation every sunday...that was the only news that i really watched and "lisitened", too regulary. through the week, all of the networks seem to all have the same latest terroisit killings/ hurricane/ wildfire / child abduction/ bus wreck/ and wall street updates, any time you want to check in. all the major networks seem to use the "breaking news" banners to have us stay tuned for the same information and pics we heard and watched 8 hrs before ( with the same "breaking news" banner bait) . i miss the "no fluff necessary" approach to russerts topics, questions, and debates. his trip to the congressional hearings was "monumental". his method of asking "every" question be repeated, was brilliant, effective,and those conclusive facts presented by him that week qualified scooter libby for prision. congressional hearings prior, have always had a " gray scale" tone, and usually "gray scale" results, russert made the facts black and white, and subsuquently the results black and white as well.... a great journalist, with humble expectations,... i miss the sanity of it all. jbarl
