RIP Jim Lehrer

[Inky_Wretch]

An icon of journalism.

Remembering Jim Lehrer

 

[DanOregon]

Read his book A Bus of My Own, a good read. He had a life long love of busses, his dad was a bud guy and he worked as a bus agent in college. He says he never voted - but I've always wondered about that. Not voting doesn't prove you are unbiased. Wonder if he voted after he retired.

 

[Liut]

Very sad. I was a regular viewer of the NewsHour his last few years there. Cannot remember the last time I've watched since.

Inky said it right ... an icon of journalism. RIP, Mr. Lehrer.

 

[swingline]

Mizzou's own.

 

[Liut]

Inky posted this approx. 24 hours ago. Sad there's been so little response.

Probably too busy on the politics thread. Gotta keep priorities straight.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I respected Lehrer as a straight newsman. I didn't watch much MacNeil/Lehrer though, so I didn't have anything much to say. If had been a David Brinkley thread I would have commented.

No slight to Lehrer's long and well respected career intended.

 

[DanOregon]

I think it's probably a credit to Leher honestly - no "side" viewed him as "one of them." He was bland, didn't have to goose ratings like he would have to do at a network, didn't have to go on late-night shows, or do stunts like the morning show people have to do to prove their "relateability." He never dressed up on Halloween or hosted SNL. He wasn't a "personality" - he was a newsperson, probably the last of his kind.