What do the Lisbon Treaty, Tim Russert, and Hyde Park have in common?

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 7:38 PM

They are all topics of conversation in my latest bloggingheads diavlog with Henry Farrell. We also chat about public intellectuals a bit. Go check it out. Discerning readers should try to guess whether, during the video, I'm drinking whiskey or Arizona iced tea.

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EXPLORE:PERSONAL, LISBON TREATY, PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS, TIM RUSSERT

CSI: Russert

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Friday, June 13, 2008 - 9:28 PM

The Meet the Press host died today at the age of 58. This is, of course, shocking and tragic. That said -- and it's going to take the mainstream media a few days to get to this point -- let's assign the following to my readers: post in a comment to this thread when you hear the following explanations for Russert's early demise:

Terry McAulliffe implying that "Big Russ" was up in heaven;
Feminists finally get their revenge on the sexist NBC media empire
The blogs did it -- they're responsible for everything bad that ever happens, anywhere.

More seriously, I'm glad I never had to appear as a guest on Meet The Press -- with this blog, Russert could have come up with contradictory quotes in thirty seconds flat.

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EXPLORE:MEDIASPHERE, UNCATEGORIZED, MEDIA CONSPIRACIES, TIM RUSSERT