"Tim Russert, on The Uncomfortable Side of a Question"

Howie Kurtz writes about Tim Russert’s testimony yesterday.

From the moment he hobbled into the wood-paneled courtroom on a single crutch from an ankle injury, Tim Russert seemed very different from the familiar television figure of Sunday morning combat.

He was careful, sober and subdued. He spoke in a flat monotone. He offered responses such as “I don’t recall saying that specifically, but I may have,” and “You’ll have to refresh my recollection on that.” Gone was Russert’s usual bombast and showmanship.

And does Kurtz think that Russert is the “cockiest pundit”? You read between the lines on this one:

    It was, at bottom, a case study in the importance of controlling the microphone.

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