No, that isn't literally what's going on, though these here Internets, as our president would call "them", do allow accolades to reach people in dispersed areas in seconds. Yes, a few of us in the press who liked the man think Tim himself might have found parts of the coverage of his untimely demise slightly mawkish. However, there is historic merit in this piece on the Muckety Web site by our former colleague Carol Eisenberg about the alumni of Sen. Moynihan's shop, of which Russert, a razor-sharp political pro, had been one.
Dan Janison