In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Two Good Men...
By Janet Evans
Friday, Jun 13 2008, 08:54 PM
The loss of two good men...
Men who loved their professions and loved bringing information to us.
Today, the untimely death of Tim Russert, from a heart attack. Russert, of Meet the Press, never appeared to have an agenda. He just wanted to bring us the important story; he was fair. He will truly be missed.
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“President Bush, informed of Russert's death while at dinner in Paris, swiftly issued a statement of condolence that praised the NBC newsman as "an institution in both news and politics for more than two decades. Tim was a tough and hardworking newsman. He was always well-informed and thorough in his interviews. And he was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it."
"Here was a guy who, in a really affable way, was able to do something that news anchors don't really do: provide cogent, understandable, compelling analysis of really complex issues," said Syracuse University media expert Robert Thompson.”
Read about Tim Russert on Reuters Ã
And earlier this week, Jim Mckay. ..
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Some of you won’t remember Jim. He was the host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports beginning in 1961. He also did commentating with Howard Cossell. He is probably most known for his Olympic coverage.
“McKay's assignment as an Olympic commentator would make McKay one of the most recognizable sports personalities throughout the world. His most memorable Olympic games were those at Munich, where his experience as a seasoned reporter was put to the test. While preparing to take a swim on his first day off at the games, McKay received word that gunshots were fired in the Olympic Village. He ran to the ABC studio, threw clothes on over his swimsuit, and for the next 16 hours delivered to the world award winning coverage of the Black September terrorists' attack on Israeli athletes in Munich's Olympic Village.
McKay received two Emmy Awards for his work during the 1972 games, one for his coverage of the games and the other for his reporting on the terrorism. He was also the 1972 recipient of the George Polk Memorial Award, given annually to the one journalist whose work represents the most significant and finest reporting of the year. The Munich coverage was also recognized with his receipt of the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Merit, bestowed by the former West German Federal Republic”
"The thrill of victory; the agony of defeat..."
Read about Jim McKay from USA Today Ã
