Jim Leher
From the man widely hailed as “the Dean of Moderators,” Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain (Random House, $26.00) by Jim Lehrer, is a lively, revealing look at more than forty years of televised political debate in America. Drawing on his own moderating experience, in-depth interviews with the candidates and his fellow moderators, and transcripts of key exchanges, Lehrer sheds light on all of the critical turning points and rhetorical faux pas that helped determine the outcome of America’s presidential elections and, with them, the course of history. Lehrer is the author of twenty novels, two memoirs, and three plays. For the past 36 years, he anchored or co-anchored the daily public television news broadcast PBS Newshour.
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