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...collaboration with Robert MacNeil—a partnership that led to the 20-year run of the “MacNeil/Lehrer Report”—when the two covered the Watergate hearings in 1973. Lehrer has remained with the show, now called “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” as the sole anchor since MacNeil’s retirement in 1995. Lehrer has also been a prolific writer, publishing three plays and two memoirs as well as 15 novels, the first of which was turned into a film, “Viva...
...what he perceives to be the best interests of the U.S. military. But unlike McCain, Murtha does not seem to believe that the war against Islamist terrorism is the highest national priority. He said Iraq threatened to drain resources from "procurement programs that ensure our military dominance." On the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, he wondered if China were the real threat "down the road" and expressed dismay that "we only bought four or five ships this year...
...sake of public broadcasting," he says, "so that Republicans and conservatives would take it more seriously." His critics counter that he just wants to pressure it to lean right. Says Jeff Chester, executive director of the liberal Center for Digital Democracy: "The idea that a schedule filled with the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Antiques Roadshow, children's programming and British mystery classics is a shrill liberal bastion is absurd...
...this point, the headline news is lots of littles and no bigs,” co-founder Rebecca O’Brien said late yesterday afternoon—moments before she dashed off to a TV studio for an appearance on PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer...
...report that said, 'Iraq did this.'" After Clarke protested that "there's no connection," Bush came back to him and said "Iraq, Saddam - find out if there's a connection." Clarke says Bush made the point "in a very intimidating way." The next day, interviewed on PBS' The NewsHour, Clarke sexed up the story even more. "What happened was the President, with his finger in my face, saying, 'Iraq, a memo on Iraq and al-Qaeda, a memo on Iraq and the attacks.' Very vigorous, very intimidating." Several interviewers pushed Clarke on this point, asking whether it was all that...