Jim Lehrer Quotes
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I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.
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The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.
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No two people see things the same way.
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If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.
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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.
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I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.
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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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There are very few really stark black and white stories.
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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.
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I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.
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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.
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If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.
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In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.
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If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.
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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.
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I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.
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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.
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Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.
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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.
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My conscience is clear.
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Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.
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Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.
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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.
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I'm in the reporting part of journalism.