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'PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer, a giant in journalism known for his tenacity and dedication to simply delivering the news, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Thursday, at the age of 85.
For Jim, being a journalist was never a self-centered endeavor. He always told those who worked with him: Its not about us.
Night after night, Jim led by example that being yourself journalist, writer, family man, citizen can be a high calling.
For 36 years, Jim began the nightly newscast with a simple phrase: Good Evening, Im Jim Lehrer.
As an anchor of several iterations of the NewsHour, Jim reported the news with a clear sense of purpose and integrity even as the world of media changed around him.
Jim and his journalism partner Robert MacNeils approach to reporting the news became known as the MacNeil-Lehrer style of journalism. Their approach helped lay the foundation for modern public media reporting.'>>>
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/remembering-jim-lehrer?
I am sorry to see this.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,641 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)I think of the book he wrote, The Last Debate. Which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a tale about wild politics that seem tame by todays standards.