{"id":2219559,"date":"2024-04-12T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-pbs-newshour-anchor-robert-macneil-dies-at-93\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:42:20","slug":"first-pbs-newshour-anchor-robert-macneil-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-pbs-newshour-anchor-robert-macneil-dies-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned PBS NewsHour anchor Robert MacNeil passes away at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-pbs-newshour-anchor-robert-macneil-dies-at-93%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Renowned journalist Robert MacNeil, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-axes-multiple-well-known-personalities-as-disney-layoffs-continue\/\" title=\"ESPN cuts several popular personalities as Disney layoffs persist.\">original anchor<\/a>\u200d of PBS NewsHour, passed away at 93 due \u2062to natural causes. He\u200b began with his\u200d show, the Robert MacNeil Report, in 1975, later co-anchoring with\u200c Jim Lehrer \u200das MacNeil-Lehrer \u200dNewsHour. MacNeil won awards for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-usa-vows-to-come-back-to-wonderful-israel\/\" title=\"Miss USA Vows to Come Back to 'Wonderful' Israel\">broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">journalism<\/a><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">wrote<\/a> \u200con language and autobiographical topics. PBS praised his contribution to shaping the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5x-emmy-nominee-ex-abc-news-producer-pleads-guilty-to-horrific-child-porn-charges\/\" title=\"Former ABC News producer, nominated for 5 Emmys, admits guilt in disturbing child pornography case.\">daily\u200d news<\/a>. The world mourns the loss \u2063of\u2062 Robert MacNeil, the iconic journalist who was \u2064the first anchor \u2063of PBS NewsHour. MacNeil started his journey with the Robert MacNeil Report in \u200c1975 and eventually co-anchored the MacNeil-Lehrer\u200b NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. His\u200c accolades in broadcast journalism \u200cand literary works on language and \u2062personal stories are a testament to his impactful legacy. \u2064PBS honors \u2062his pivotal role in shaping the landscape of daily news.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert MacNeil<\/a>, the first anchor of what\u2019s now known as <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>PBS NewsHour<\/em>,<\/a> died Friday at 93.<\/p>\n<p>MacNeil died of natural causes, according to his daughter Alison. He was at New York-Presbyterian Hospital at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist started with his own PBS show, the <em>Robert MacNeil Report <\/em>on WNET-TV, in 1975. In 1983, the program was rebranded as <em>the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour<\/em> when the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2628026\/longtime-pbs-newshour-anchor-jim-lehrer-dies-at-85\/\" title=\"Jim Lehrer \">Jim Lehrer <\/a>joined as co-anchor.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 This February 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of \u201cThe MacNeil\/Lehrer Report.\u201d (AP Photo\/FILE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years into his first show, MacNeil won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Journalism. MacNeil anchored the show alongside Lehrer for two decades. The later iterations of the show would go on to win multiple Emmys for its reporting.<\/p>\n<p>While simultaneously working as a news anchor, MacNeil wrote a series called<em> <\/em>the<em> Story of English<\/em>, which won him another Emmy. He would also write a book on the topic, which was one of six books he wrote on topics varying from language to autobiographical.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mw4bv_2HHqU?si=dezP61e6x3rDnPbd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>PBS expressed its <em>NewsHour<\/em> staff was \u201csaddened\u201d to hear of MacNeil\u2019s death, as his time with the network was \u201cthe turning point for the future of daily news on PBS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, MacNeil\u2019s trade was using words. Combined with his reporter\u2019s knack for being where the action was, he harnessed that passion to cover some of the biggest stories of his time, while his refusal to sensationalize the news sprung from respect for viewers,\u201d PBS wrote in a post on X. \u201cHe was on the ground in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He interviewed Martin Luther King Jr., Ayatollah Khomeini, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. But he had his biggest breakthrough with the 1973 gavel-to-gavel primetime coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>We\u2019re saddened to share that Robert MacNeil, a driving force behind the show that would become the NewsHour on PBS, died Friday at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p>A lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, MacNeil\u2019s trade was using words. Combined with his reporter\u2019s knack for being\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yI0wVZXLRb\">pic.twitter.com\/yI0wVZXLRb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1778846428321681627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>We\u2019ve lost a member of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewsHour<\/a> family, and journalism has lost a giant. <\/p>\n<p>My heart is with the family and friends of Robin MacNeil, co-founder and longtime co-anchor of the NewsHour. <\/p>\n<p>His extraordinary legacy lives on in the work we do today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LXyYhQnXBa\">https:\/\/t.co\/LXyYhQnXBa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmAmnaNawaz\/status\/1778837095869731097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost a member of our NewsHour family, and journalism has lost a giant,\u201d current PBS NewsHour host Amna Nawaz wrote of MacNeil. \u201cMy heart is with the family and friends of Robin [sic] MacNeil, co-founder and longtime co-anchor of the NewsHour. His extraordinary legacy lives on in the work we do today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MacNeil is survived by his children, Cathy MacNeil, Ian MacNeil, Alison MacNeil, and William MacNeil, his brother, and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert MacNeil, the inaugural anchor of PBS NewsHour, passed away at 93 on Friday from natural causes, as confirmed by his daughter Alison. He was at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. MacNeil launched his own show, the Robert MacNeil Report, on WNET-TV in 1975. In 1983<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2219560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP090909030695-1024x779.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP090909030695-1024x779.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}