Jim Lehrer, Newsman

They are not making newsmen like Jim Lehrer anymore, so his passing will leave a hole in American journalism.

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Jim Lehrer, the retired PBS anchorman who for 36 years gave public television viewers a substantive alternative to network evening news programs with in-depth reporting, interviews and analysis of world and national affairs, died on Thursday at his home in Washington. He was 85.

I was fortunate to have been around during the time that the McNeil Lehrer News Hour ran on PBS.
They presented the news as it should be told, with insightful commentary & never being afraid to ask hard questions of the people in power.
He was one of a kind & will be missed.

Jimdamick said:

I was fortunate to have been around during the time that the McNeil Lehrer News Hour ran on PBS.
They presented the news as it should be told, with insightful commentary & never being afraid to ask hard questions of the people in power.
He was one of a kind & will be missed.

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Yes, they were both enemies of the "people".

Jimdamick said:

I was fortunate to have been around during the time that the McNeil Lehrer News Hour ran on PBS.
They presented the news as it should be told, with insightful commentary & never being afraid to ask hard questions of the people in power.
He was one of a kind & will be missed.

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You are indeed fortunate in that Judy and the rest of the staff at the Newshour still deliver the same quality of product. The road goes on forever.

There goes about the last example of true journalistic integrity that was left on this planet.

TacoMac said:

There goes about the last example of true journalistic integrity that was left on this planet.

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Judy has a pretty good team still. But there is no doubt Jim and Gwen are sorely missed.

TacoMac said:

There goes about the last example of true journalistic integrity that was left on this planet.

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There are plenty of good examples out there. True that we lost some good ones recently, though. You need to get out more. The world is different from the one you grew up in in 1950. TVs aren't black and white anymore and tubes are no longer used in them.

His old partner McNeil is from this neck of the woods, retired back to Nova Scotia around 2000.