It's almost a foregone conclusion around here that all breaking news happens at 3:00 on a Friday, when most people are heading out of town or at least trying to tune out the TV.When I was working in crisis PR, we'd try to bury news stories that we didn't want people to hear by waiting until late on a Friday to announce it. By the time reporters actually saw it on Monday, it would be "old news" and the hope was they wouldn't run it.
(In fact, that's when Jessica Simpson announced her divorce. It's when Justice Rehnquist stepped down from the Supreme Court. The list goes on.)
But this news wasn't planned.
Several DC sources are reporting that Tim Russert has died, apparently of a heart attack in his office just a few days after returning from vacation. Lucy and I were out walking on the Mall and were just a few miles from the NBC studios when this likely happened. I am so, so sad.
There are few reporters in DC who everyone likes, but he seemed to be one of them. A smart, intellectual, perceptive man. He will be missed.
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