If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it.

 
Lehrer Jim (2011). Presidential debate moderator
Nicknamed the "Dean of Moderators" by CNN's Bernard Shaw Lehrer has moderated 12 presidential candidate debates including the first presidential debate between senators Barack Obama and John McCain on September 26 2008. ISBN 0-375-50371-4.

: /ˈlɛərər/; born May 19 1934) is an American journalist and the executive editor and former news anchor for PBS NewsHour on PBS known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections. James Charles "Jim" Lehrer (pron.