DC Is a Revolving Door of Money, Media, Power and Vanity: A Requiem for Democracy ift.tt/UKtX9h Mark Leibovich, author of THIS TOWN. (Photo: Ralph Alswang)Tim Russert lived in the sweet spot of the big, lucrative revolving door between money, media, and politics. He also died there. Every wannabe, is, and has-been in Washington was issuing statements. We will never see his likes again, He touched so many lives, etc. Big distinctions were bestowed—the preeminent political journalist of his generation, John McCain said. One of the finest men I knew, Obama said. Small kindnesses were recalled. When my mom died, he sent two dozen roses, said Ann Klenk, a producer at MSNBC. I adored him. He was indeed adored—in that unmistakable vintage of Washington adored that incorporated fear and need and sucking up. You needed to be on Meet the Press to be bestowed with a top-line standing in what Joan Didion called that handful of insiders who invent, year in and year out, the narrative of public life. You needed to be friends with Tim, the closer the better, as so many people advertised with deft turns of posthumous networking. People on TV jockeyed to outgrieve one another. Network and cable channels paid tribute with their favorite homage: overkill. This was particularly true on NBC, and doubly particularly true on its little cable sister, MSNBC, which Russert—in life—was always wary of spending too much time on, for fear of slumming away his mayoral status in the high-numbered channels. Source via OccuWorld #Occupy #OWS #occupywallstreet #OccupyHQ #GrassRoots #USA #US #Canada #Europe #Protest #rEvolution #Anon #Anonymous
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:30:54 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015