Crane: Debating presidential debates

One Man’s OpinionThe first nationally televised presidential debate in 1960, carried simultaneously live on radio, was a gentlemanly contest between then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon of California. There was no live audience, no hoopla, and no spin rooms afterward. Analysis was done over the following few days by journalists critiqui...

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