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By Felix Gillette 2/21/08 11:21pm

Jim Lehrer Won't Have to 'Do Fisticuffs' on Chip McGrath After All

Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor of NewsHour on PBS is upset with an article in the New York Times.

No, not that article.

In his bedroom, this past Sunday morning, Mr. Lehrer pored over a piece in the Times by writer-at-large Charles McGrath, entitled "Is PBS Still Necessary?"

"I was stunned," said Read More

By Tom Scocca 10/04/04 12:00am

Straining at Bits, Punditocracy Yelling At Kerry From Corner

Boxing is the easiest sport in the world. If you doubt it, just watch a six-round club fighter in trouble. Or rather, watch all the people around him. As he sags on the ropes, friends, relations and total strangers will remind him of how simple his job is, by all hollering instructions at once: Work Read More

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