Saturday Sadness: Tim Russet, thank you and goodbye.

You were the meat and potatoes of the American news diet, and you will be missed.

You made it a habit to dice complex issues and assemble them into tots of wisdom easily digestible to the American public; you necessarily deep-fried your interviewees when they had it coming to them.

Your career in the field of journalism could not be garnished with more respect.

Your work has inspired an entire generation.

Thank you.