Jim Lehrer is set to return to his PBS show "The NewsHour" two months after undergoing a successful heart surgery. In April, PBS announced that Lehre...
New York Times | Elizabeth Jensen | Posted 05.18.2008 | Media
It has been a rough few weeks for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS. In late April, Mr. Lehrer, who turns 74 on Monday, had aortic valve replacem...
New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor of PBS's signature evening newscast, underwent a successful heart valve procedure on Wednesday. "Jim plans to be back...
Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living
On Benedict XVI's much-heralded first papal visit to the United States, we witnessed once again the spectacle and pageantry of the Catholic Church's unapologetically all-male hierarchy.
Tom Alderman | Posted 02.01.2008 | Media
The debate newsrooms around the country should be having is how to cover a presidential election without contributing to the fractious and coarsening that's now embedded in our public discourse.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
Getting this initiative on the ballot in California is the Republicans' latest trick designed to change the rules of the game in their favor because they can't win otherwise.
Daniel Brook | Posted 09.16.2007 | Media
The context of reporting changes everything. If you were watching Brian Williams, you'd be popping the champagne corks. If you were watching Jim Lehrer, you'd be contemplating moving to Costa Rica.
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Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media