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  1. Aug 22, 2023 · August 22, 2023 11:38 AM EDT. The first televised presidential debate may not be the one you think it is. Many Americans think of the famous 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate as the advent of televised ...

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    The introduction of televisionto the electoral process forced candidates to tend not only the substance of serious policy issues but such stylistic matters as their manner of dress and haircut. Some historians have bemoaned the introduction of television to the political process, particularly the presidential debates. "The present formula of TV deb...

    The reaction wasn't all negative to the first televised presidential debate. Some journalists and media critics said the medium allowed broader access to Americans of the often cryptic political process. Theodore H. White, writing in The Making of the President 1960, said the televised debates allowed for the "simultaneous gathering of all the trib...

    An estimated 70 million Americans tuned in to the first televised debate, which was the first of four that year and the first time two presidential candidates met face-to-face during a general election campaign. The first televised debate was broadcast by CBS affiliate WBBM-TV in Chicago, which aired the forum in place of the regularly scheduled An...

    The producer and director of the first televised presidential debate was Don Hewitt, who later went on to create the popular television news magazine 60 Minutes on CBS. Hewitt has advanced the theory that television viewers believed Kennedy won the debate because of Nixon's sickly appearance, and radio listeners who could not see either candidate t...

  2. The first general election presidential debate was 1960 United States presidential debates, held on September 26, 1960, between Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, at CBS 's WBBM-TV in Chicago. It was moderated by Howard K. Smith and included a panel composed of Sander ...

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    October 1, 2024
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    June 27, 2024
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    October 22, 2020
  3. Sep 26, 2023 · About 85 to 120 million people turned on their televisions at home or went to public places to watch as the first televised presidential debate aired 63 years ago, today. Not only did the ...

  4. Sep 21, 2010 · The first televised presidential debate in American history took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on September 26, 1960. The Kennedy‑Nixon debates not only had a major impact on ...

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  5. Oct 7, 2020 · Despite two other presidential debates being aired on TV in 1952 and 1956, the debates between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon in 1960 are widely remembered as the first ...

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  7. v. t. e. The 2024 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2024 presidential election. The first general election debate between the major candidates was sponsored by CNN and attended by then-presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on June 27, 2024.