When I think of Tim Russert, I think of him running around msnbc with that wipe-off board during the

[jillan]

2000 election.

RIP Tim!

I am very, very saddened by this news.

[AlCzervik]

1. it's going to be very strange on election night with no Russert no matter how much i complained

about him.

[jillan]

4. Yeah - or Sunday mornings without him on MTP.

:(

[Inuca]

8. True

really, really sad :cry:

[blondeatlast]

9. I thought the same. His absence is going to be felt strongly that night.

He's just part of my election night custom and he won't be there.

[AlCzervik]

12. how sad right, this was his thing and now he won't get to see the outcome.

;(

[westcor]

2. messed up!! wikipedia

so i clicked on Tim Russerts name on wikipedia and look what I saw

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Russert&oldid=219144585

Thats so mean!!

[Muttocracy]

5. you repeating something mean isn't helpful - alert on Wiki, don't cross-post. nt

[westcor]

10. hey man

hey man just saying, it was fixed within seconds, but i was shocked at what I saw at first

[jillan]

6. omg - you should send this to msnbc.

I will too.

[blondeatlast]

11. Alert on it (including to MSNBC) and remove your link.

As it is, I'm going to alert the DU mods on it; you don't need to link from here (I didn't click, I don't care to).

[foo_bar]

15. that's an obsolete version of the page, and don't be a dick.

Before joining NBC News, Russert served as counselor in New York Governor Mario Cuomo's office in Albany in 1983 to 1984 and was chief of staff to Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1977 to 1982. An avid fan of the American Football team the Buffalo Bills, Russert usually closed Sunday broadcasts during the football season with some type of pro-Bills comment. He had also ended his show by mentioning the successes of Boston College football, baseball, and hockey.

Career

Russert graduated from law school and went to work on New York Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1976 Senatorial campaign. He later went to work on New York Democrat Mario Cuomo's 1982 gubernatorial campaign. In 1984 he was hired by NBC at their Washington Bureau. He became Washington Bureau Chief four years later. <4>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert

[westcor]

16. im not a dick jesus

i said it was messed up; I was just saw something weird and posted it, don't freak people it is fixed now

[westcor]

20. tim

my name is Tim too, I could never hate on another T.I.M. I wake up every sunday to watch his and george's show; its the only time legitimate people talk about politics; cept for BBC

[Muttocracy]

22. Baloney - the link URL says "old" in it - as the previous post said, you posted an old attack.

[Muttocracy]

27. yes you are - you've posted replies and NOT edited your offensive post. nt

[westcor]

32. calm down

it wont let me edit the post; sorry DU I should of told Wikipedia; I dont have an account there and was hoping maybe one of you guys could let the admins know over there

[jillan]

29. chill out everyone! Just email msnbc and let them know.

[e-mail]

I'm sure they have the power to get wiki to fix this.

[foo_bar]

30. Wiki was fixed seconds later, the poster linked to a cached, vandalized version of the page

A Wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert

A link to old versions of Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Russert&diff=219147820

o i clicked on Tim Russerts name on wikipedia and look what I saw

The poster is playing dumb, since he navigated Wiki well enough to dredge up an explicit link to an obsolete page from the history. Since that version only appeared for seconds at most, it wouldn't surprise me if our poster wasn't the person who vandalized the page in the first place; I guess the DU powers that be could rule that out by comparing his ip address to 24.179.85.*.

[westcor]

31. im getting pist now

i didnt right the damn thing jesus christ, i just thought it was crazy I found that in the split second it was up; some people have no heart and would write something like that on wikipedia. It is fixed now; I wish I would of never brought it up, I didnt mean to offend anyone, I just don't want that post to be on wikipedia again so I'm warning people that it is being hijacked

[jillan]

34. People like to jump to conclusions around here.

Don't let them get to you.:pals:

[foo_bar]

36. you're the one who jumped to a false conclusion ("get wiki to fix this")

edited in the spirit of this post.

[jillan]

38. 'seriesly! it's hugh'.

Give it up, the guy was just trying to protect the memory of Mr. Russert.

[foo_bar]

39. if you understood how Wikipedia worked, you'd offer a more qualified defense

You have no way of knowing if this guy was "trying to protect the memory of Mr. Russert", and all available evidence points to the contrary. At best you should admonish me to offer more benefit of the doubt without knowing all the facts, but "the guy was just trying to protect" is an example of jumping to a conclusion.

[foo_bar]

35. thanks for the "warning"

Glad you didn't warn people about the version that was there four revs earlier. It seemed like a sucky thing to repost in the immediate wake of the victim's demise, but I'll try to give the benefit of the doubt to your sincere belief that you were helping people by posting a link to one of many obsolete Tim Russert Wiki pages sliming a dead guy (note: you must have noticed the dozen revisions in between, since you copied a link that can only be found on Wiki's History section).

[westcor]

40. lets all agree

ok it was in bad taste without me elaborating more on my original post. I don't use Wikipedia much and have never seen it get hijacked "live" basically. I love Tim and wish more journalists would ask the hard questions like he did. Let me repeat I had no ill will intentions in the post; just letting people know the kind of sick stuff people would post. So no one should draw any conclusions; I'm sorry I didn't clarify in my original post; my intentions. While I got everyone talking; R. Kelly is innocent of all 14 counts; and they have that shit on tape. The USA is so insane, if u got money u can do whatever all the way up to killing someone.

[foo_bar]

41. non-sarcastic thanks for owning up

You get an extra point on my respect-o-meter over the guy spinning it into a great act of respect (and a scoop! word to citizen journalists: Wiki getting vandalized is what's called a "dog bites man" story, finding completely accurate information on Wiki would be the more newsworthy event)

[eissa]

I'll truly miss him

How tragic that he left now. Not only because he was so young, but during an election year, a time he truly enjoyed. His poor wife and son.

[LisaM]

3. I know, and it stinks that he didn't even outlive

this corrupt administration.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Brian Williams is talking about his wipe-of board at this moment.

[Tatiana]

13. He had the wipe-off board during the Dem primaries too.

So sad...

[H2O Man]

14. I liked his

helping to convict felon Scooter Libby.

[City Lights]

17. I'll never forget that!

Like all the talking heads, I was running on fumes in the wee hours of that morning. Tim's wipe-off board kept me going. Kinda acted like an energy booster.

RIP, Mr. Russert. :-(

[dancingme]

18. "Florida! Florida! Florida!"

RIP

[SeaLyons]

19. It's really sad he won't see the outcome in November...

:cry:

Rest in Peace

[jillan]

26. That is very, very sad.

:cry:

[Stephanie]

21. The board is displayed in the Newseum in DC

Strange corporate-sponsored "museum" but they have a few interesting items including this one.

[jillan]

23. Ohh- really?

Next time I'm in DC, I will definetely make it a point to go see that.
:(

[jillan]

24. delete

dupe - my computer has been doing that all day...grrr

[Muttocracy]

25. MSNBC says he was a trustee. Makes sense for a news junkie

"Russert was a trustee of the Freedom Forum’s Newseum and a member of the board of directors of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Club, and America’s Promise — Alliance for Youth."

[jillan]

28. He is going to be missed by many.

I'm watching msnbc and wondering how they can report this without breaking down.

[Stephanie]

44. The exhibit his board is displayed in is sponsored by NewsCorp.

It's a bizarre scene.

[beachmom]

33. Me, too. Plus the way he called the election for Obama after NC & IN

It was a "News Moment", even if I know it saddened supporters of the other candidate. It still was said with authority, in a way few journalists could get away with.

[OzarkDem]

37. I remember it in 2000

not a good memory.

[Medusa]

42. Me too. Tim and that damned erasable board.

It was low-tech but it explained everything we needed to know then.

[Blue-Jay]

43. On a dry erase board outside NBC - "Tim, We Will Miss You".

Just shown on MSNBC