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PBS's tribute to Jim Lehrer includes several fascinating videos, including a light-hearted one showing you his office bedecked with bus-related memorabilia; also, his rules for how he should conduct himself as a journalist.
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And here's the link to the May 17,1973 opening segment of Mr. Lehrar and his co-anchor Robert MacNeil's "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the Senate Watergate hearing (followed 1 year later by Mr. Lehrer anchoring the PBS broadcasts of the Nixon impeachment hearings).
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He was a national treasure.
Remembering Jim Lehrer
PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer, a giant in journalism known for his tenacity and dedication to simply delivering the news, died Thursday at the age of 85.
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And here's the link to the May 17,1973 opening segment of Mr. Lehrar and his co-anchor Robert MacNeil's "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the Senate Watergate hearing (followed 1 year later by Mr. Lehrer anchoring the PBS broadcasts of the Nixon impeachment hearings).
Watergate: The NewsHour's 1973 Special Report
Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer introduce the Watergate Hearings
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Watergate and Public Broadcasting | American Archive of Public Broadcasting
The Watergate coverage is significant, not only insofar as the hearings themselves are significant, but also as a great moment in public television history. In the years preceding the coverage, pressure from the Nixon Administration had put in question whether public television should carry...
He was a national treasure.
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