Robert MacNeil, founding co-anchor of 'PBS NewsHour,' dies at 93
MacNeil, a television journalist who had the “courage to be boring,” favored substance over flash.
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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