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   Sep 25, 2020 · How the JFK-Nixon debates in 1960—the first on live TV—set the stage for all to come. NBC newsman Frank McGee moderated the second Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate from a TV...

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3. www.history.com › kennedy-nixon-debatesThe Kennedy-Nixon Debates - 1960, Analysis & TV vs. Radio

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   Sep 21, 2010 · In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debates in American history. The Kennedy-Nixon debates not only had a major impact on the...

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4. www.historynet.com › jfk-nixon-1960-tv-debateWatch the First Televised Presidential Debate: JFK vs. Nixon

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   Sep 26, 2022 · The first presidential debate on TV not only played to Kennedy's charisma, it also merged politics with popular culture — and paved the way for today's image-obsessed electoral landscape. It was the first presidential debate in history to be broadcast on TV — and it changed politics forever.

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   Why was Richard Nixon not a televised presidential debate?

   • Fatigued from non-stop campaigning and recovering from a painful knee injury, Richard Nixon was not the picture of health for his first televised debate with John F. Kennedy on September 26, 1960. His gray suit also broke a cardinal rule for appearing on TV. Before and after the debate, the Gallup Poll had the presidential race a virtual tie.

   How the JFK-Nixon debates in 1960—the first on live TV—set the stage

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   Should Nixon have debated JFK?

   • “In hindsight you’d say Nixon should never have debated JFK—what was he thinking?” says Luke Nichter, professor of history at Texas A & M University and a leading expert on Nixon’s 3,432 hours of secret White House tapes.

   How the JFK-Nixon debates in 1960—the first on live TV—set the stage

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   Did Frank McGee moderate the second Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate?

   • NBC newsman Frank McGee moderated the second Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate from a TV studio in Washington, D.C. Questions were posed by a panel of journalists, their backs to the cameras. Kennedy was tanned and rested. Nixon wore the wrong color suit. The dos and don’ts of on-camera debates were written during this political face-off in 1960.

   How the JFK-Nixon debates in 1960—the first on live TV—set the stage

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   Where did Kennedy & Nixon debate?

   • As rising stars of their respective political parties, Congressmen Kennedy and Nixon had traveled by train from Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh, where they debated issues of the day at Junto, a civic club in the steel town of McKeesport.

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6. www.jfklibrary.org › asset-viewer › debateDebate | JFK Library

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   First televised Presidential debate which took place on September 26, 1960, with candidates Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, broadcasted from the WBBM television studio in Chicago, Illinois. By 1960 television was fast becoming the primary means by which to reach people.

7. www.biography.com › political-figures › kennedyHow the Kennedy-Nixon Debate Changed American Politics

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   Sep 24, 2020 · Kennedy and Nixon perpared differently for the debate. The first-ever televised presidential debate took place on September 26, 1960, in Chicago and was broadcast on CBS to 66.4 million TVs...

8. www.cnn.com › 2016/02/29 › politicsThe impact of the 1960 JFK-Nixon debate | CNN Politics

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   Feb 29, 2016 · On radio, most pundits and polls scored the September 26, 1960, debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy a draw, with some giving the Republican...

9. www.msnbc.com › the-last-word › watchJFK vs. Nixon: the historic first TV debate - MSNBC

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   Sep 26, 2014 · On Sept. 26, 1960, a candidate and a VP took the stage for the 1st televised presidential debate. Here’s a look at that amazing moment in American political history.

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