I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on my entry about the coverage of Tim Russert’s death. A few friends who wanted to chime in, but quietly, sent emails and links.
One link was this column by Hal Boedeker in the Orlando Sentinel. His opinion is very close to mine. Among his more interesting points:
Is there a sense of proportion? Peter Jennings didn’t receive such heavy coverage when he died — ABC doesn’t own a cable channel. And he was in our homes, night after night, for 20 years. MSNBC kept Russert front and center through the weekend.
It’s probably time to move on from this story now.