Tim Russert

Timothy John Russert May 7 1950 June 13 2008 was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longestserving moderator of NBCs Meet the Press He was a senior vice president at NBC News and Washington bureau chief and also hosted an eponymous CNBCMSNBC weekend interview program He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBCs The Today Show and Hardball Russert covered several presidential elections and he presented the NBC NewsWall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 US presidential election Timemagazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008 Russert was posthumously revealed as a 30year source for syndicated columnist Robert Novak Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Russert licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia