Dec 04 ‘I Am Not in the Entertainment Business’ and Other Rules of MacNeil/Lehrer Journalism By Dave Gustafson Signing off of Friday's broadcast, Jim Lehrer outlined the journalistic mindset that has driven the program for 34 years and will continue to guide it when its fifth iteration relaunches Monday as the PBS NewsHour: JIM LEHRER: People often ask… Continue reading
Dec 04 Moderates Offer Cost-cutting Health Bill Amendment By Bridget Desimone As the Senate floor debate on health care reform legislation continued into its fifth day, three moderate senators came together to offer an amendment they said would bolster cost controls in the bill. Maine Republican Susan Collins, Connecticut Independent… Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama to Appear on Climate Summit Closing Day President Barack Obama upped the ante on his appearance at the Copenhagen Climate Summit Friday, switching his travel plans to appear on the final day of the summit, Dec. 18, instead of Dec. 9 on his way to pick… Continue reading
Dec 04 On Friday’s NewsHour… Friday night means the analysis of Mark Shields and David Brooks, of course, but before we get to them on tonight's NewsHour, we'll have a newsmaker interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a lead story on the jobs… Continue reading
Dec 04 Fred de Sam Lazaro: Making Foreign Stories Less Foreign This year marks two decades since my first overseas assignment, which actually came quite by accident. This Minnesotan was on his way to India for a winter vacation when my editor suggested that I bring back a story or two… Continue reading
Dec 04 Friday’s Headlines: Unemployment Rate Falls to 10%; Clinton in Brussels -- President Barack Obama greets Allentown, Pa., Mayor Ed Pawlowski after the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in Washington yesterday. Mr. Obama will visit Allentown today. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Updated 11:10 a.m. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Another Chapter Begins for NewsHour On the final night of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the anchor looks back at the show's 34-year history and ahead to the new PBS NewsHour. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Clinton: Many Pakistanis Have ‘Reflex of Skepticism’ over U.S. Efforts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to Margaret Warner about the surge in Afghanistan, NATO's help with the war and securing a withdrawal date for U.S. forces. Continue watching
Dec 03 On Thursday’s NewsHour… The Obama administration faced new questions today over sending more troops to Afghanistan. Top advisers went before congressional committees for a second day. In our lead story report, Ray Suarez will recap the latest developments. For perspective on the plan,… Continue reading
Dec 03 Gwen Ifill: Politics and the Big Picture By Gwen Ifill Blogs can be fun because they offer the opportunity to climb into someone's head for a few minutes, and, in the case of this blog, The Rundown, you can travel behind the scenes as the NewsHour comes together each weeknight. Continue reading