They should bring back Lawrence Spivak.
We always hear how they long for Mr. Straight-Down-the-Middle Tim Russert.
Bullsheeeite.
He was a hack like all the rest, working for that D-NY Senator of last century whose name escapes, who came out of Albany, iirc, which says all you need to know.
Russert wasn’t as blatantly biased as the current crop, but he bent left like all the rest. He disguised his bias better than the others. More likeable. A lovable, suffering Buffalo Bills fan. He introduced Todd as the new analytical whiz kid. And tragically —tragically, I say—dead of a heart attack. Famous for, and credited with the oft-repeated trope: “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own set of facts.”
The new lady in charge of MTP will anoint Kristen Welker within 3 months, says me. Casey Hunt got away to CNN+, so she may be enticed to return to NBC.