Gwen Ifill: "(Russert) Got Me Into NBC And Got Me Out



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Washington Week host Gwen Ifill, with whom we have a cougarish media crush, is interviewed by Gail Shister. We like Ifill because she runs one of the most informative and sober Washington talking head show. It is the first thing we watch on the DVR on Saturday morning, and she is a welcome sight for a hungover consciousness. From TVNewser:

"'Tim got me into NBC and got me out of NBC,' says Ifill, 52. 'He kept every promise he ever made to me. He promised I wouldn't fail, and he made sure I didn't."

"...Ifill, moderator of 'Washington Week' and senior correspondent for Jim Lehrer's 'NewsHour,' is hardly objective when it comes to young Luke. (He'll cover youth issues at the confabs beginning with the Democrats Monday.)

"Russert pere lured Ifill from the New York Times to NBC's Washington bureau in 1994 and five years later convinced network brass to let her out of her contract to join PBS."

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