A great loss
When I think of the journalistic ideal, I think of Tim Russert. "Meet the Press" was the one news show on network television that could always be counted on to take its interviewees to task for hypocrisy.
Russert's style was to make the guests face up to their past statements and expose inconsistencies. He never played favorites, and he never played soft. He was bold in his search for the truth and unflappable when meeting resistance. He was the reason I first wanted to become a journalist. Such a loss will be sorely felt at NBC, and in the rest of world of journalism.