OK, let me be the first to say it...

Tim Russert wasn't Jesus Christ...but you'd never know that from MSNBC'S NONSTOP coverage. My 2nd blog in as many days that I hesitate to write, as I DO think Russert was an institution whose shocking death certainly warrants extensive coverage, and those who knew him are understandably stunned and grieving. But there has been NO other news on MSNBC all damn day!!!!! NOTHING! I know, because aside from my shockingly early 9:45am trip to ShopRite, I've been inside watching it. I mean, not even a 2-minute "news brief" on the other issues of the day. NOTHING. I mean NO disrespect here, and i'm not trying to be "edgy." Just writing what's in my head. It's almost in HONOR of Russert that I say all this, as I think he'd be the first to say the 100% devotion of a news channel to his death is absurd. His NBC colleagues like Andrea Mitchell sit there saying how his death should be a lesson to other Type A media types to live a more balanced, healthy lifestyle...but I think Mitchell sleeps on a cot below the anchor desk, she's on so damn much. Hey, it's a heartbreaking loss, and I understand the impulse for his colleagues to honor him. I'm just speaking objectively...there's been ZERO balance.