***BREAKING NEWS! MSNBC Russert Tribute to Go Through November***

[sfam]

***BREAKING NEWS***
MSNBC has decided to pass on covering the election season and instead will just continue to run "Remembering Tim Russert" Tributes through November.

Apparently Tim was more than just an inspirational leader and host of Meet the Press. Without him, NBC is no longer capable of reporting on the election. But apparently, even though their news division cannot comment on new events, they still can remember their feelings about Tim Russert. Joe Scarborough was overheard saying, "The interesting part of the election is over anyways. Why bother covering its conclusion? Remembering Tim is just so much more fascinating because I get to talk about "me" when I remember Tim."


In related news, CNN, ABC and CBS said they would only cover Tim for 30% of the available time through November. Fox is reported to have canceled the hourly Remembering Russert segment when data showed that it conflicted with messages given in the hourly Reverend Wright Damn America segment.

[Buzz Clik]

1. **** BREAKING! This will be my magic 25th hidden thread on this subject!!!!!111one****

Congrats to the author of the OP for extending this bullshit one more day.

[fascisthunter]

2. lol

[Kokonoe]

14. Um.. Its supposed to end on Thursday.

I will admit I like Tim Russert more now, but he would like all the snark posts.

[Occam Bandage]

3. If you don't like it, don't watch it. People polluting GDP with Russert complaining

are far more annoying in my book.

And a-one, and a-two, and a hide thread.

[Demit]

4. LOL! I liked it, anyway. Your spoof has this notable grain of truth in it—

"Remembering Tim is just so much more interesting because I get to talk about me." They love when they can be self-referential. It underscores their importance (to themselves). They are also engaging in a huge mass audition. Somebody has to fill Russert's power vacuum, er, I mean shoes.

[tibbiit]

5. I liked it too

Made me chuckle this am.
tib

[sfam]

6. Exactly. When it goes on this long, its all about "them"...nt

[MagickMuffin]

7. Well Olbermann suggested Friday that the elections should be canceled

I know Keith was in shock but:wtf:

Canceling the elections because Timmeh won't be here:shrug:

[JI7]

15. i find this hard to believe

do you have the exact quote and context ?

[MagickMuffin]

17. It is unbelievable, however he not only suggested at once but twice

He was talking about the election and how hard it will be to conduct the results without Timmeh and perhaps we should just cancel the elections. I think one time he was talking with Chuck Todd and can't remember who he said it to the second time.

MSNBC doesn't have any transcripts from Friday, so I guess you'll have to take my word on it and I can't remember the exact quote. But my hubby heard him say it also, and we both said :wtf:

Like I said he was in shock and was probably just rambling, I didn't take him serious. I just found it strange that he would even suggest such a thing on-air.

[redqueen]

18. I heard it too...

I just figured it was part and parcel of the nonstop gushfest.

[kenny blankenship]

25. He was just being jocular

An inappropriate attempt at humor, if you ask me, at this terrible moment of national loss.

[On the Road]

8. Dude is Becoming Like Ronald Reagan

They're going to build a memorial next the mall.

[Junkdrawer]

9. Norman, Coordinate!

[K Gardner]

10. I could barely believe my eyes when I turned on the TV this morning and yes, there it was again..

the Banner, the memories, the fond farewells, the tributes.. and now, we're getting a PUBLIC WAKE instead of the private one.

I guess the public outcry for MORE RUSSERT DEATH COVERAGE was too loud for them to ignore.

Cute thread, thanks !

[BeyondGeography]

11. He loved his father and his son, he went to church, he was happy

rooted for the Bills, big Springsteen fan, dead-on Moynihan impression.

Have I left anything out?

Oh, yeah, wife writes for Vanity Fair.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

[Hutzpa]

12. You folks can be overbearing sometimes

c'mon people what happen to our sense of decency.....:shrug:

[Ian David]

13. I'm going to buy one of those Tim Russert plush dolls! n/t

[liberal N proud]

16. The way they have been crying on our shoulders

it could take that long for them to get over their terrible, terrible loss.

[Blue-Jay]

19. You should start a thread about it.

[crankychatter]

20. I think this is a proxy-war - dependence transference - unresolved grief over the dead Primary Board

give peace a chance

[BobbyVan]

21. God rest his soul

We'll miss you Tim.

[crankychatter]

22. Russert proclaimed Obama the winner - Russert cheer-led the Iraq Invasion

now the poor soul is gone BUT

Clinton AND Obama supporters from the old GD P, can vilify, eulogize, criticize and defend him with unfettered vehemence

I'd like to think the topic has more value than a therapy tool for poli-board junkies

"Where did those mean fellow Democrats touch you, Crankychatter? You're safe now. Here, show me on the Tim Russert Doll."

[gcomeau]

23. BREAKING! 3000th poster on DU thinks they're being funny...

...by beating to death the topic of the media beating a topic to death.

Hooray for Irony. Now would you all grow the hell up and knock if off already? They worked side by side with the guy for years and in some cases decades, he was a close personal friend, and he fucking died right there at the office in front of them. Give them some goddamn slack for chrissake, I don't give a shit what your gripes with Russert's journalistic integrity were show a little basic human decency and shut the fuck up. They at least have an excuse for obsessing about this, all of you jumping on this particular bandwagon DO NOT.

[bunnies]

27. word.

:applause:

[kenny blankenship]

24. Remember: You can't say "Tim" without saying "I'm"

[sfam]

26. I love it!!!! Awesome comment! nt