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MacNeil, a television journalist who had the “courage to be boring,” favored substance over flash.

Robert MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for the public broadcasting service

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died. His daughter, Alison, said MacNeil died of natural causes at age

MacNeil created and co-anchored the no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" with his late partner, Jim Lehrer,​ for two decades.

The news anchor first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings in 1975

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer,

Robert MacNeil, the creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, has died. He was 93.

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.

Longtime political journalist, PBS anchorman and the founder of "PBS NewsHour," Robert MacNeil, has passed away in a Manhattan hospital at the age of 93.

Robert MacNeil, the trusted son of a Canadian naval officer who spent two decades alongside Jim Lehrer delivering the nightly news to PBS viewers, has died.…