A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding President Trump voiced his support for defunding America's public broadcasters. It comes a day before the ...

That award-winning program was expanded to an hour and retitled "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" in 1983. MacNeil retired from the show in 1995, and Jim Lehrer went on to anchor the "NewsHour" solo ...

MacNeil retired from the show in 1995, and Jim Lehrer went on to anchor the "NewsHour" solo until 2011. In 2020, Jim Lehrer died at the age of 85.

MACNEIL: Thank you, Terry. BIANCULLI: News anchor, journalist and author Robert MacNeil speaking to Terry Gross as he was retiring from "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" in 1995.