We will skip our usual weekend look at the buried bad news uploaded to the wires on Friday night to bid farewell to Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press and NBC's Washington Bureau Chief.

TVNewser and FishbowlDC have dozens of posts up on his untimely death, his career, many tribute clips, as well as press statements from everyone from Jeff Immelt, Jeff Zucker, to George Bush. Thorough and unflappable, any given Russert interview is worth looking at as an example of what a person should prepare for when invited on an interview show.

Here are the statements about Russert uploaded to PRNewswire this weekend:

American Heart Association

Howard Dean

Newt Gingrich

Ralph Nader

National Press Club

Nancy Pelosi

Dan Rather

Ed Rendell

The Republican National Committee

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