For the first time since 1976, Jim Lehrer's name will not appear in the title of PBS's newscast. Beginning December 7, "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer"...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
Are we incapable of recognizing the simple fact that it is much better for America to have a president who is admired and respected in the world than one who is despised and feared?
Yvette Kantrow | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
A new profile of Charlie Rose is representative of a trend that seems to be growing: the sort of meta-, multi-platform story that has so many odd conflicts and strange connections that it makes you dizzy.
John Farr | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
Wilson is one of those mediocre, small men who have always occupied the fringes of influence but would never have imagined to insult a sitting President in bygone days.
Charles Warner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media
No one wants to watch normal, well-adjusted, happy, rational, reasonable people on TV; they're boring -- like C-SPAN or the News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS.
John Lundberg | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living
Richard Shelton's first interest in a prisoner's poetry was born from curiosity rather than charity. In 1970, a convicted murderer named Charles Schm...
Michael Russnow | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media
Will Letterman now start to censor himself with his writers and, worse, when he interacts with his guests? All it takes is another person to mislead the media and public as Palin has shamelessly done.
New York Times | Elizabeth Jensen | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
"The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," public broadcasting's nightly newscast, is getting a makeover, designed to bring it more fully into the digital era, g...
Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
So we have a lawless world and the president can do what he wants to do (didn't we just see how that turns out?) and somehow that is standing up for the rule of law.
Al Eisele | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media
Jim Lehrer has two words of advice for mainstream journalists who worry that they're headed for extinction in the brave new world of the Internet. The words are "Calm down."
Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
if you spot (and record on video) something unusual at your polling place, you will have an easy way of uploading it to a place where journalists will have immediate access.
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Most people think they're in a way higher income bracket than they are.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
There was no knockout. And a knockout was what Obama needed. At best, it was a tie. And as the underdog in many ways, Obama needed to do much more than simply hold his own.
Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media
Let me take a moment to praise the absolutely wonderful job Jim Lehrer did moderating this debate.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
Since the primary concern of both candidates in the debate was not to screw up, that was just fine. Just not screwing up, however, doesn't make for a very exciting debate.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
The Democrats needed a firm leader, who arrived outraged on behalf of a country gone to hell. What they got was a gentleman with a fine memory, who largely repeated the same message he's been delivering for half a year.
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
Jim Lehrer missed an opportunity last night to help clarify for people watching the debate what is in dispute between Democrats like Barack Obama and ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media
ETP liveblogged the debate tonight with Glynnis MacNicol and John Carney. You can find all the good stuff through the link (we blogged it using the n...
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media
Make sure John McCain actually answers those questions. I'm not worried about Obama. I know he will.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
If this debate doesn't go off as scheduled, that will be bad news for Washington, too. The people of Oxford are already mad. They'll be madder.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media
The format is mired in the 1960s. It encourages candidates to cram like college kids. But the debates could be mesmerizing, revealing TV.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
Shortly before 2pm ET, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said on MSNBC that his boss deserves credit for the bipartisan bailout deal. Bounds then appare...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
Updated 9/26: Click here for updated videos, photos and analysis from the first presidential debate Click here for all debate-related news at HuffP...
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
We are, it seems, suffering from a national "Stockholm Syndrome" when it comes to asking basic questions about the relationship between the United Sta...
Posted 11.30.2009 | Media