Comments on: Did Tim Russert Earn His Newseum Shrine? http://themoderatevoice.com/49017/russert-newseum-shrine/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Thu, 31 May 2012 01:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: ModDem72 http://themoderatevoice.com/49017/russert-newseum-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-221206 ModDem72 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:16:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49017#comment-221206 I am not sure why this is being viewed as an honor or a commemoration or even a shrine? What is spiritual about an office? I can't imagine what Shafer thinks of Monticello or Mount Vernon or Thomas Edison's home. I don't consider any of these "spiritual." This comes across as much more of a desire to knock down Russert than anything else.<br><br>From what I have read, it is an exhibit. Nothing more. It is a glance at the office and the inner workings and the day-to-day office of one of the most prominent journalists of the recent era, who happened to suffer an untimely death. I am not sure why this is being viewed as an honor or a commemoration or even a shrine? What is spiritual about an office? I can't imagine what Shafer thinks of Monticello or Mount Vernon or Thomas Edison's home. I don't consider any of these “spiritual.” This comes across as much more of a desire to knock down Russert than anything else.

From what I have read, it is an exhibit. Nothing more. It is a glance at the office and the inner workings and the day-to-day office of one of the most prominent journalists of the recent era, who happened to suffer an untimely death.

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