A cikin shekarun 1960s, ya samar da waƙoƙi da yawa waɗanda suka shafi al'amuran zamantakewa da siyasa na yau da kullun, musamman lokacin da ya rubuta don sigar talabijin na Amurka Wannan Was the Week That Was. Shahararren waɗannan waƙoƙin ya jimre da batutuwan da suka dace da nassoshi. Lehrer ya faɗi bayanin abokinsa: "Koyaushe ka yi hasashen mafi munin kuma za a yaba maka a matsayin annabi". A farkon shekarun 1970, Lehrer ya yi ritaya daga ayyukan jama'a don ba da lokacinsa ga koyar da lissafi da wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa a Jami'ar California, Santa Cruz. Tambaya: Me Lehrer ya nuna?
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