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Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer
American Journalist
Born: May 19, 1934
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Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison
I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story. Jim Lehrer
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You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off. Jim Lehrer
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If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it. Jim Lehrer
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My own view, there is a need for and a demonstrated need for more journalism now than there ever has been. Jim Lehrer
Own Has-Been My Own More Journalism Been Than View Now Ever Need
A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. Jim Lehrer
Debate Only Facilitate Directly Purpose Exchange Between Ideas Candidates Two
There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare. Jim Lehrer
You Matters Homework Interview Only React Answers Listen Them Ask Your Prepare Technique
Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out. Jim Lehrer
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There's always a germ of truth in just about everything. Jim Lehrer
Truth Everything About Always Germ Just
We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat. Jim Lehrer
Life Experience Military Increasingly Combat Journalists Like Understand Any Fewer Who
On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there. Jim Lehrer
Time Daily Out Some Through Stuff Reader Sort Sure Huge From Time To Time Helping Daily Basis Gray Basis
I'm not in the judgment part of journalism. Jim Lehrer
Judgment Part Journalism
I'm a journalist and that's what I do. Jim Lehrer
Journalist
I started as a print reporter. Jim Lehrer
Print Reporter Started
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
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I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines. Jim Lehrer
Family Marines Came
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services. Jim Lehrer
Death Marines Other Has-Been Rate More Been Iraq Than Double Among Services
My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it. Jim Lehrer
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In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do. Jim Lehrer
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I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties. Jim Lehrer
Wine Wear Purple Like Ties Always Shirts Blue
No two people see things the same way. Jim Lehrer
People Way See Same Things Two Two People
In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's. Jim Lehrer
Politics Man Case Covering Texas Newspaper
A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do. Jim Lehrer
People President Given American Any Explain American People Skill Required Thing
If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story. Jim Lehrer
You Game Read Ball Ball Game Go Story Need
In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. Jim Lehrer
Addition Deficit Reduce Revenue Order Cuts
One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role. Jim Lehrer
Debate Problems Active Everybody System One Of The Problems More Very Role Controlled Where Which Used Old-Fashioned Plays
I've traveled around the country and I read local newspapers and all of that, and it's a sad, sad thing to go from city to city and see the small newspapers and they're tiny. They're tiny not only in size but also in scope. Jim Lehrer
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