Kathleen hall jamieson, the renowned scholar from the university of pennsylvania, one of the countrys foremost experts on media and politics and the founder of factcheck. Org. Schaefer, an experienced republican strategist and Media Consultant who has worked in many president ial campaigns including the campaign of mitt romney in 2012. In our third segment we will take questions from the audience. You can submit questions in the chat function or via twitter. At politics 2020 or via events at brookings. Edu. Lets have a look at the very first president ial debate between kennedy and neck than. Nixon. Here is a picture of them that shows really the problem. The very first televised president ial debate was between these two men in 1960. The idea did not come from the candidates or plug or parties, came from the networks. Kennedy quickly accepted. Nixon against the advice of many also accepted. It is now widely thought that 1960 debate was a disaster for nixon, who had been sick and who m
Firstdidates for high was s iowa was first iowa first Congressional District participated in a debate thread this was the last scheduled debate in this race. Alexion 2020 is unprecedented for iowans in the first Congressional District. A monthlong months long pandemic with a Natural Disaster only weeks ago. Tonight, we focus on the issues and the candidates seeking the house seat in a district that includes the communities of waterloo, marshalltown, cedar rapids, and many rural communities. We are hosting this debate with Public Health precautions with minimal staff joining us. All of us onset are separated by plexiglas barriers. The candidates joining us are republican state representative Ashley Hinson and democratic incumbent abby finkenauer. Welcome to you both. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having us. Joining us is james lynch, writer for the gazette, and kate anderson, news director for radio iowa. One of the most pressing one of the most pressing issues is recovery from the
Institution. We are here to talk about, do debates matter . We are one they away from the first president ial debate in one of the most intense, consequential elections in our lifetime. As we get ready to watch tomorrow night we thought it would be good to do three things. First we will look back at some of the history of debate, president ial debate history. Then we will turn to two experts on debate. Kathleen hall jamieson, the renowned scholar from the university of pennsylvania, one of the countrys foremost experts on media and politics and the founder of factcheck. Org. Schaefer, an experienced republican strategist and Media Consultant who has worked in many president ial campaigns including the campaign of mitt romney in 2012. In our third segment we will take questions from the audience. You can submit questions in the chat function or via twitter. At politics 2020 or via events at brookings. Edu. Lets have a look at the very first president ial debate between kennedy and neck
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