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Welcome. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> a documentary about televised debates that took place nearly half a century ago. why should we care? >> the theory of the filmmakers is that clash on television of august 1968 prefigured media debates and cable news that we have today. >> that single series of encounters responsible for the snarky polarized television culture as we know it today? >> i called it a theory. >> what's your view? >> the first great instance of this kind of riveting tension where it almost becomes physical and gets out of hand and it was a shocking event in its time. on...

Welcome. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> a documentary about televised debates that took place nearly half a century ago. why should we care? >> the theory of the filmmakers is that clash on television of august 1968 prefigured media debates and cable news that we have today. >> that single series of encounters responsible for the snarky polarized television culture as we know it today? >> i called it a theory. >> what's your view? >> the first great instance of this kind of riveting tension where it almost becomes physical and gets out of hand and it was a shocking event in its time. on...