HUFF POST/ AOL: Jim Lehrer has been delivering the news each weeknight to PBS viewers since the Gerald Ford administration. Now he says it’s time to step away…
Lehrer’s 77th birthday is next week. He said he will still appear many Fridays to moderate an analysis of the week’s news with columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks, and offer behind-the-scenes advice to the show’s executive producer, Linda Winslow.
“It’s not that I’m sick or tired or anything,” said Lehrer. “It’s just that I wanted to step back.”… (more)
EDITOR: A real class act!
