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Jim Lehrer

military officer, television presenter, novelist, writer, news presenter, journalist

1934 – 2020

James Charles Lehrer was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS News Hour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating 12 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012. Lehrer also wrote numerous fiction and non-fiction books that drew upon his experience as a newsman, along with his interests in history and politics.

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You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off.

Jim Lehrer

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.

Jim Lehrer

I've always said this and finally I had a chance to demonstrate it: The moderator should be seen little and heard even less. It is up to the candidates to ask the follow-up questions and challenge one another.

Jim Lehrer