Russert, Stephanopoulos + others, What Did Their Bosses Have In Mind? Not Good Journalism!

RFFM.org ^ | June 8, 2008 | Daniel T. Zanoza

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

Commentary

OK. I'll acknowledge this. Tim Russert, the host of NBC's Meet the Press, has developed into a good journalist. But just a few years ago, it would be easy to say Russert's roots were showing and I'm not talking about hair color. You see, before suddenly becoming a journalist, Tim Russert worked as a political hack for the Democratic Party. Russert was a former counselor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and New York Governor Mario Cuomo after that, before being hired by NBC in 1984. It's clear to anyone who watches Russert today he has come a long way. But I remember watching Russert interview a Republican, while I gritted my teeth, wondering why he was so soft on a Democratic counterpart just moments before. The more important question is: Why did Russert's employers think he had the qualifications to be a journalist--and an objective one at that--just after working for the Democratic Party?

In fact, I'll be discussing topics like this and others Monday night on Laurie Roth's syndicated radio show (USA Radio Network www.therothshow.com) at 8 P.M. Pacific Time. Roth broke the story about Barack Obama's relationship with convicted terrorist William Ayers. Her show is broadcast across the country and is available over the Internet worldwide.

Granted, the subject of media bias isn't exactly new. It has become a fait accompli that the dominant media in America is ...

[Palladin]

Russert is the most overrated “journalist” in the country.

His smarmy A**kissing of Democrats is most unbecoming, and turns off any viewer looking for fair and balanced.

Time to deflate the Pillsbury Doughboy.

[ckilmer]

hey bill moyers was lbj’s press secretary.

[DainBramage]

Hes also a lieing scumbag that let Scooter Libby take a fall.