In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
My own view, there is a need for and a demonstrated need for more journalism now than there ever has been. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else.… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
I've traveled around the country and I read local newspapers and all of that, and it's a sad, sad thing to go… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
Everyone should get their news however they want to and in whatever form they want. I'm not going to sit back in… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
I started as a print reporter. I’m a journalist and that’s what I do. My function is an anchorperson, but it’s in… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
I started as a print reporter. I’m a journalist and that’s what I do. My function is an anchorperson, but it’s in a journalism… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
