Why Americans Hate the Media (II)

No, wait, one more point. It's Daniel Casse's, not mine:

Tim Russert and Brian Williams don’t have any deep observations on policy or the state of the country. So instead, they pose synthetic questions asking the candidates to respond to polls or primary election results. They think they are asking substantive questions because they ask for “specific” answers.

Exactly. It's what everybody hates about Russert's MTP shtick - the confusion of toughness with substance.

And now to bed.