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...conjuring up two-headed television journalism, emanating from Washington and New York, dispassionate, in-depth and, in the words of one contributor, "gloriously boring." The word, however, now has an expiration date: in a year PBS's influential, much honored MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour will no longer be the same. Robert MacNeil, who co-anchors the show from New York City, announced last week that he will retire in October 1995, the show's 20th anniversary, leaving Washington-based Jim Lehrer as the sole anchor. MacNeil characterized his decision as "convenient," which was typical of his cool honesty, unhurried by controversy, unharried...
...told me, half jokingly, he was tired of seeing his face on television," says Roger Rosenblatt, a NewsHour essayist and editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. At a meeting with NewsHour staff members last * week, MacNeil explained frankly that besides his personal desire to leave daily journalism, financial factors played an important role in his thinking. Though the show, now seen on more than 300 stations, has increased its audience 40% in the past nine years, it has seen its budget fall from $26 million to under $25 million this year, and its corporate funding from $13 million...
Students at Lesley College in Cambridge have also had problems with All-Pro. Michael MacNeil, director of security for Lesley, said that two Lesley students had items not returned by All-Pro. MacNeil declined to identify the students or say what had been stolen...
...does not appear to be a legitimateorganization," MacNeil said, adding that he hascontacted Harvard police to discuss theinvestigation...
Volunteers to replace Gergen on MacNeil-Lehrer and gets nixed