American - Journalist | May 19, 1934 -
Everyone should get their news however they want to and in whatever form they want. I'm not going to sit back in judgment of other people and the way they do it.
Jim Lehrer
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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 just my basic view of my function as a journalist.
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As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.
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I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.
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My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.
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The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.
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My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.
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In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.
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The best moderators are the moderators who are essentially invisible. A moderator who is there to be seen and heard and to be talked about either, 'oh, God, what a great question,' or, 'oh, God, what a lousy question,' that to me is a failed moderator.
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I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties.
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No two people see things the same way.
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Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.
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