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Entries from June 2008

A TRIBUTE TO TIM RUSSERT TOMORROW ON MEET THE PRESS

June 14th, 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3898804/

A special edition of ‘Meet the Press’ on June 15, 2008

Tom Brokaw will anchor a special edition of “Meet the Press” dedicated to the extraordinary life of Tim Russert. Joining him will be long-time friends and colleagues Mike Barnicle, James Carville, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gwen Ifill, Mary Matalin, Maria Shriver and “Meet the Press” executive producer Betsy Fischer.

Remembering Tim Russert.

The full hour will be devoted to highlights of Tim’s remarkable life and career on “Meet the Press” with a handful of people who were among those who knew and loved him best. Tom Brokaw will lead the special tribute to his friend and colleague. He will be joined by long-time Tim Russert friends Mike Barnicle, James Carville, Betsy Fischer, Gwen Ifill, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mary Matalin and Maria Shriver.

Tim Russert was the longest serving moderator of “Meet the Press” — taking over the helm of the program on December 8, 1991. The moderator chair will be empty this Sunday in his honor. Betsy Fischer is the executive producer of “Meet the Press.” Michelle Jaconi and Rebecca Samuels are producers

To offer messages of condolence to Tim Russert’s family, e-mail: Russert.Condolences@nbcuni.com

“Meet the Press” is seen on the NBC Television Network from 9-10 a.m. ET in most markets. In Washington D.C. and New York City, the broadcast is seen from 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET.

You can watch or listen to “Meet the Press” whenever and wherever you want. Watch the latest “Meet the Press” in its entirety, free of charge, on-demand and online beginning at 1:00 pm, ET on Sunday afternoons at mtp.msnbc.com.

Note Re-Broadcast Time: Meet the Press is re-broadcast on MSNBC-TV Sunday nights at 6 pm ET/3pm PT and again at 2 am ET/11pm PT.

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MIKE BARNICLE IN THE BOSTON GLOBE: On Tim Russert, “he had a joy in him ….”

June 14th, 2008

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/14/tim_russert_tenacious_journalist_dead_at_58/

The Boston Globe, Saturday, June 14, 2008

Tim Russert, tenacious journalist, dead at 58

Tim Russert, a powerhouse of broadcast journalism who made interviewing both an art form and a contact sport on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died yesterday of a heart attack at age 58 after collapsing at the network’s Washington bureau.

Former Globe columnist Mike Barnicle - a longtime friend of Russert’s whose 15-year-old son, Tim, is named after the newsman - happened to be in the NBC bureau yesterday because he had been asked to guest-host MSBNC’s “Hardball.” He stopped in for a visit with Russert, after which he went to another office to prepare for “Hardball.” Suddenly an intern rushed in with the news that Russert had collapsed and was being taken to the hospital.

“Tim was uniquely without a mean bone in his body,” Barnicle said last night. “He had a joy about him that was nearly unmatched. At the end of the day or the end of the week, there was a part of him that would pinch himself: ‘Can you believe I’m allowed to do this show?’ “

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MIKE BARNICLE IN THE BOSTON HERALD: On Tim Russert, “In a mean-spirited profession, he was not a mean person.”

June 14th, 2008

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1100723

Boston Herald, Saturday, June 14, 2008

Barnicle had just left Tim Russert in D.C. office

Boston newsman Mike Barnicle was at NBC’s Washington news bureau yesterday and was joking around with close friend Tim Russert 15 minutes before the “Meet the Press” host collapsed.

Barnicle, an occasional columnist for the Boston Herald, had made the trip to Washington, D.C., to substitute host for Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s “Hardball” last night.

When Barnicle got to the bureau, he went down to see Russert, who was godfather to Barnicle’s 15-year-old son - and Russert’s namesake - Timothy.

The pair fooled around for a few minutes before Barnicle headed upstairs and left Russert to record some tracks for Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”

About 15 minutes later, an intern came running into the “Hardball” office and said Russert had just collapsed downstairs. He’d been taken to the hospital.

Barnicle got the intern to give him a ride about a mile away to Sibley Memorial Hospital. “I got down there to the emergency room and they had just pronounced him,” Barnicle said.

Barnicle had known the 58-year-old Russert for about three decades. A few weeks ago, they celebrated Russert’s son Luke’s graduation from Boston College with dinner in the North End.

“He was not a mean person,” Barnicle said. “In a mean-spirited profession, he was not a mean person.

“And he came to the job and to his life and to his family and his faith each day with just pure joy,” Barnicle said.

Russert’s doctor said the newsman was aware he had asysmptomatic coronary disease and had taken steps including medication and exercise to control it.

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MIKE BARNICLE ON THE NBC EVENING NEWS: Remembering his dear friend Tim Russert

June 13th, 2008

Mike Barnicle and Tim Russert were friends for 30 years. Mike’s son Timothy J. Barnicle is named for Timothy J. Russert, his godfather. Mike was in Washington Friday to guest host MSNBC’s “Hardball” and spent some time with Tim in the morning. A short time later, Tim was rushed to the hospital after collapsing and died shortly thereafter. He was 58.

Mike shares with the nation his heartfelt remembrances of Tim Russert.

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=cc368c68-82e7-416c-b463-b0e8358f6bc6&fg=rss

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MIKE BARNICLE GUEST HOSTING “MORNING JOE” AND “HARDBALL” ON MSNBC

June 13th, 2008

Tune in Friday, June 13, to watch Mike Barnicle as he guest hosts “Morning Joe” from 6am - 9am in New York and “Hardball” at 5pm and 7pm from Washington D.C. Both on MSNBC.

Tags: Politics · Television