Mediacrit.com The breakdown, based on story times from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, of the first full day of evening news coverage for
Tim Russert and
Peter Jennings: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 20 seconds for the NBC newsman, and 1:01:40 for the ABC anchor. "The results are interesting, given that Jennings had a much longer on-air career, and that he anchored five days a week, compared to Russert's much smaller audiences for a niche Sunday morning program," writes University of Northern Iowa journalism professor
Christopher R. Martin.
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"The delirium in the press at Russert's passing has been strange" (Nation) >
It didn't take long for critics to start whining about Russert coverage (TVG)
Tim Russert was not intimidated or impressed with wealth, celebrity...
