Slate’s Jack Shafer has an excellent piece on Tim Russert, specifically his interview style which seems to derail many of his guests. Russert frustrates the candidates by knowing their positions on ...

Tim Russert, the Democratic operative turned NBC commentator who revolutionized Sunday morning television and infused journalism with his passion for politics, died this afternoon. Russert, 58, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Tim Russert, dead at fifty-eight, was more than just a showman. He had gifts galore for friendship and gusto, and stamped the ...

Tim Russert made a name for himself by hosting NBC's "Meet the Press." But Russert, who passed away Friday at the age of 58, ...

Tim Russert, the renowned television journalist who died suddenly Friday, was remembered today as a larger-than-life figure who wielded enormous influence on the U.S. political scene while earning the ...

We will skip our usual weekend look at the buried bad news uploaded to the wires on Friday night to bid farewell to Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press and NBC’s Washington Bureau Chief. TVNewser and ...

In the nearly 17 years as the host of “Meet the Press,” Tim Russert grilled lawmakers from across the political spectrum. By Daniel E. Slotnik The longtime host of “Meet the Press” died at the age of ...

The sudden death of Tim Russert has left the management of NBC News, for the moment at least, at a loss to contemplate how to replace him. Mr. Russert was not only the moderator of “Meet the Press,” ...