Jim Lehrer Shares Rob Corddry’s Definition Of “Reporting”

Brian Zick

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Todd Gitlin at TPM Cafe quotes 'em both next to each other, so everyone can see for themselves. Atrios observes, "… it's actually worse than that of course. Lehrer implicitly endorses the veracity of what important people say, providing additional credibility, while he has the easy task of not having to understand any of it.."

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