Tim Russert, God rest his soul, was perhaps the most objective TV news man in American history. His son, Luke, who is reporting from the convention for MSNBC/NBC News, is hardly as objective. The CNN cameras caught a glimpse of Luke Russert clapping wildly when Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., got the crowd pumped up tonight with a "Four More Months" chant [4 more months of the current admin]. Can't say I blame Luke in this instance.
I can. Luke Russert is getting a pass as a reporter. NO J-grad gets a network job off the bat. He is not ready, not by a long shot and NBC treats him as a younger version of Tim, treats Russert the Younger as a prince, riding him around in golf carts, giving him his own office . Luke should be in Los Alamos, doing local stories for the local TV station, earning his props over time just as every other journo has,INCLUDING his father.
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