{"id":741,"date":"2008-09-23T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npt08.wordpress.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2008-09-23T13:53:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T19:53:14","slug":"jim-lehrer-hosts-first-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2008\/09\/23\/jim-lehrer-hosts-first-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Watch Jim Lehrer Anywhere Else?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jim Lehrer\" src=\"http:\/\/pressroom.pbs.org\/filefolder\/Lehrer_1.jpg\/174x260\" width=\"173\" height=\"260\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Lehrer<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis Friday night marks the first official debate between Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama, live from the University of Mississippi. <strong>Jim Lehrer<\/strong> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/\"><strong>PBS&#8217; NEWSHOUR<\/strong><\/a> will host, so really, why watch it anywhere else but here on NPT? Aren&#8217;t things confusing enough these days, what with the &#8220;panic buying&#8221; gas crisis and all, to add watching Jim on another channel? After a week of repeatedly being blamed for the situation we find ourselves in, I think Nashvillians could use some consistency and routine in their lives. Make the less confusing choice. Tune in here on Friday night, September 26 at 8:00 p.m. Lehrer will be joined by THE NEWSHOUR team anchored by <strong>Ray Suarez<\/strong> with <strong>David Brooks<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Shields<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From Sunday&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.com\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, here are some interesting televised debate stats. The first-ever televised presidential debate was in 1960 betweeen <strong>Richard M. Nixon<\/strong> and <strong>John F. Kennedy<\/strong>. It was watched by 59.5 percent of American Households.  <strong>Jimmy Carter<\/strong> and <strong>Ronald Reagan<\/strong>&#8216;s debate in 1980 drew 80.6 millions viewers, the largest in Neilsen&#8217;s record-keeping history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday night marks the first official debate between Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama, live from the University of Mississippi. 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