It was a rough night for President Barack Obama and Big Bird at the first of three presidential debates. It was even worse for Jim Lehrer. The 78-year-old moderator, who is executive editor and former ...

Some Democrats (though not many) might still be trying to refute the view that Mitt Romney won last night's debate, but no one seems to doubt that moderator Jim Lehrer is the one who lost it. Jim ...

Jim Lehrer sat down with Sean Hannity on Monday night to talk about his already much-discussed performance as moderator of the first presidential debate. While there was a slew of criticism initially, ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Lehrer says keep the presidential debates coming, just don't ask him to moderate any more. The veteran PBS anchor, now in semi-retirement at 77, says he's through after moderating ...

WASHINGTON • Jim Lehrer has a few words in response to those who thought he let President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney ramble on and roll over him in Wednesday's presidential debate: "So what?" The ...

There was a bit of a Jim Lehrer love fest before last night's debate. But then last night happened and the public quickly turned on the PBS anchor. If you ask him, though, he did exactly what he was ...

–8 minutes. The first 2012 presidential debate is minutes away, so the threats have begun. The head of the debate commission, Frank Fahrenkopf, tells audience members that if they violate the ...

Presidential debates are subject to as much Monday morning quarterbacking as, well, a big-time football game. A candidate's every phrase and physical movement is dissected by campaign officials, ...

NEW YORK -- After 36 years as the anchor of "NewsHour" on PBS, Jim Lehrer will step down from his post on June 6, PBS announced Thursday. He will continue to appear on many Friday evenings to moderate ...

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