Tim Russert

Tim Russert (born May 7, 1950) is an American journalist who has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991. He also hosts Tim Russert, a weekly interview program on CNBC. Russert is also a frequent guest on The Today Show.

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May 7 - 1950 - American - NBC - Meet the Press - 1991 - CNBC - The Today Show

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Born in Buffalo, New York, Russert is a graduate of John Carroll University and of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia. Still an avid fan of the American Football team, the Buffalo Bills, Russert closes every Sunday broadcast during football season with "Go Bills!"

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Buffalo, New York - John Carroll University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law - Bar - New York - District of Columbia - Buffalo Bills

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During NBC's coverage of the 2000 US Presidential Election he calculated possible electoral college outcomes on a marker board on the air. He often moderates political debates.

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2000 US Presidential Election - Electoral college - Debate

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Russert penned a bestselling biography, Big Russ and Me, which chronicled his life growing up in a predominently Irish working-class neighborhood in South Buffalo. Russert's father, a World War II veteran (who died in 2005) held down two jobs after the war, conveyed to his young son, through the methods of the "carrot and the stick," the importance of maintaining strong family values, the reverence of faith, and of never taking a short cut to reach a goal.

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Irish - World War II - 2005 - Family values - Faith

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Russert appeared briefly in a scene on the television drama Homicide as himself. On that show, one of the fictional characters, Megan Russert, was his cousin.

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