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Ok, I've always liked Tim Russert - he's a bright, relatively fair journalist, but between his little hissy-fit over an aide cutting off the Powell interview and this self-aggrandizing quote ...

In his keynote speech, Russert described having a private audience with Pope John Paul II in 1985, to ask him to appear on the "Today" show. Russert said he forgot his concerns about NBC's ratings and instead thought about "the prospect of salvation."

"You heard this tough, no-nonsense hard-hitting moderator of `Meet the Press' begin by saying, `Bless me Father!' " Russert said.

... I'd say that Russert is fast approaching the outer-orbit of the sun. Pretty soon he'll be employing the third-person singular and calling press conferences to discuss press conferences. I personally like my "tough, no-nonsense hard-hitting moderators" with a bit less personality. (John McLaughlin excepted)

He's losing some of his journalistic street-cred with this flurry of self-promotion, IMO.

Posted by Bill at May 25, 2004 09:55 AM | TrackBack (5)

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