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**Mangoman** · 06-14-2008, 06:46 AM

It is sad to see someone die so suddenly and without any signs of illness.

I don't necessarily agree with the accolades. He was not unbiased in his reporting and he was just one of the huge crowd of reporters as journalism crumbled in the face of the current presidential administration.

He was a television personality. We saw his face a lot.

He is gone and won't be on anymore. That's the shock of it.

Having watched Meet the Press for years, I disagree. He didn't shill for anyone that I could see. He asked tough questions and had a great knack for pulling out facts that contradicted someone's reply to a question. He was however, civil. Which is what I liked about him, as did most people who encountered him, including those he interviewed.

If he were a hyper partisan asshole, like some reporters or analysts are, he wouldn't be receiving such accolades on all the news networks, and his death wouldn't be a 15 minute lead story on the competing networks nightly newscasts.

06-14-2008, 06:46 AM	#7
Mangoman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 650 Senior Member	It is sad to see someone die so suddenly and without any signs of illness. I don't necessarily agree with the accolades. He was not unbiased in his reporting and he was just one of the huge crowd of reporters as journalism crumbled in the face of the current presidential administration. He was a television personality. We saw his face a lot. He is gone and won't be on anymore. That's the shock of it. Having watched Meet the Press for years, I disagree. He didn't shill for anyone that I could see. He asked tough questions and had a great knack for pulling out facts that contradicted someone's reply to a question. He was however, civil. Which is what I liked about him, as did most people who encountered him, including those he interviewed. If he were a hyper partisan asshole, like some reporters or analysts are, he wouldn't be receiving such accolades on all the news networks, and his death wouldn't be a 15 minute lead story on the competing networks nightly newscasts.
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