NewsHour
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on PBS in the United States. Unlike most other evening newscasts in the country, each edition is an hour long. The program also runs longer segments than most other news outlets in the U.S., with in-depth coverage of the subjects involved. The NewsHour avoids the use of sound bites, playing back extended portions of news conferences and holding interviews that last several minutes. The program was formerly known as The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour until Robert MacNeil, who co-anchored with Jim Lehrer, ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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TV
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Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
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International
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
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Fabrice Florin
Last Edit:
Mar 31, 2008 - 6:31 PM PDT
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In Netherlands, Insurers Compete Over Quality of Care
(Video) By world standards, the Dutch are wealthy and healthy, but the country's changing. With each year, it's home to more Dutch elderly and more young immigrants from the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
New Orleans Charter Schools Produce Mixed Results
(Video) Is a change in management enough to transform some of the worst schools in the country? New Orleans superintendent Paul Vallas seems to think so. But while charters are ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Cities, Towns Work to Combat Climate Change
The international climate-change agreement would have required the U.S. to reduce its carbon emissions by 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Now, more than 900 mayors have ...Posted by Mike LaBonte -
Multiple Economic Factors Driving Fears of Global Recession
U.S. and global markets endured another tough day Friday as fears intensified of a global recession. Financial experts examine the factors driving the recession speculation ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
U.S., Worldwide Markets Plunge Anew on Recession Fears
The drop followed a day in which markets plummeted around the world before U.S. markets opened. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 9.6 percent . By early afternoon ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Fed Chairman Signals Support for New Stimulus Package
Wall Street saw a boost Monday as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that a second stimulus bill might help the economy. Experts examine the prospects for a new stimulus ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
U.S. Stocks Up, But Unease Ripples Across Global Markets
Although U.S. stocks surged in the final moments, stocks in Europe and Asia dropped Thursday as fears of a worldwide recession grow. Journalists and an economics analyst ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Stocks Rise on Signs of Credit Thaw, News of Global Summit
U.S. stocks rose Monday following word from President Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso over the weekend that they ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
U.S. Election Grabs World Interest
This year's campaign is grabbing the attention of millions of people overseas. A poll released today by the Pew Research Center, surveying more than 24,000 people in 24 ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Public Opinion and the Public Option Debate
How has public opinion shaped Congress' debate over whether to include a public option in health care reform legislation?Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Health Systems Abroad Offer Lessons for U.S. ~ Video
Work on health care reform legislation began in earnest Wednesday as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee began to mark up its health care reform bill, ...Posted by klenner -
BookExpo 2009 ~ Video
interview from Book Expo America NY 09 showing how the DNL eBook format turns the laptop into an eBook reader...Posted by Ivor Noble -
NewsHour Extra: Pakistan Asks For More Money to Battle Taliban
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was in Washington last week to ask for help fighting the Taliban, the same group that supported the Sept. 11 al-Qaida terrorists and now ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Geithner: Stress Tests Had 'Exacting Standards' ~ Video
The danger is governments acting to slowly.Posted by Judith Kratochvil -
PolitiFact.com Tracks Obama's Campaign Promise Follow Through
(Audio - streaming) PolitiFact.com, a Web site run by the staff of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, is keeping track of whether President Barack Obama is keeping his campaign promises and rating ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Concerns Mount Over Pakistan's Security Amid Taliban Advance
Taliban forces are reported to be advancing further into Pakistan, including an area some 60 miles from Islamabad. Pakistani envoy to the U.S. Husain Haqqani and former U.S. ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Paul Solman Explains Federal Plans to Fund Rescue ~ Video
With billions of dollars paid out or promised for financial industry bailouts and the stimulus bill -- and more requests on the way -- Paul Solman looks at where the ...Posted by Doug Greer -
Society's Ability to Weather Crisis Largely Depends on Leaders' Positions
Nations with leaders who are keenly affected by their own decisions may weather crises better than those whose leaders are further removed, according to author Jared Diamond. ...Posted by Doug Greer -
Can 'Savings Man' Save the Economy?
While the government is encouraging Americans to spend more money as a way to lift the economy out of the recession, TV ads featuring the superhero "Savings Man," has been ...Posted by Doug Greer
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Top Topics
U.S. Economy (12), Global Economy (9), Finance (7), Money (5), Money and Politics (3), Health Care (3), Pakistan (2), Obama Administration (2), Terrorism (2), Foreign Policy (2), Environment (1), U.S. Congress (1), Bush Administration (1), War in Iraq (1), Immigration (1)...
Top Authors
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Margaret Warner, Ray Suarez, Mark Shields, David Brooks | Jeffrey Brown (3), Ray Suarez (2), Jim Lehrer (2), Binyamin Appelbaum (1), Lehrer Hour (1), Samara Thery (1), Paul Solman (1), Npr's Julie Rovner (1), Jim Ellis (1), Pbs (1), Martin Baily (1), Susan Dentzer Of Health Affairs (1), William Beach (1), Simon Johnson (1), Jonas Moody (1)...
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Special Report (8), News Analysis (6), Interview (4), News Report (4), Breaking News (2), Poll (1), Cartoon (1), Speech (1)
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