{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Pontifications","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/pontifications","author_name":"David Gibson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/pontifications\/author\/dgibson","title":"Tim Russert: Passing of a man...End of an era? - Pontifications","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cy2tirHZ5B\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/pontifications\/2008\/06\/tim-russert-passing-of-a-manen.html\">Tim Russert: Passing of a man&#8230;End of an era?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/pontifications\/2008\/06\/tim-russert-passing-of-a-manen.html\/embed#?secret=cy2tirHZ5B\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Tim Russert: Passing of a man&#8230;End of an era?&#8221; &#8212; Pontifications\" data-secret=\"cy2tirHZ5B\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The death of Tim Russert last Friday was not only a shock to the journalistic world, but also to the wider American community, judging by the reactions across the blogosphere and in my own anecdotal experience with friends and family. His passing is truly a great loss, above all because he was a family man,&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/files\/import\/imgs\/Russert--CUA.jpg"}