Right off the bat, Russert dishes out throat-clearing apologies for being "the poster child for white elite privilege," "a white heterosexual male whose privilege has given him a cherished opportunity."
Well,that does explain why so many teebee news readers loved the book. They live in the same alternative reality "bubble" he lives in.
BTW,I didn't even know his father had died,and back in the days of my political innocence,he was one of my favorite reporters.