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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...
- Missy Sullivan
Sep 26, 2017 · When Nixon arrived for the debate, he looked ill, having been recently hospitalized because of a knee injury. The vice president then re-injured his knee as he entered the TV station, and refused to call off the debate. Nixon also refused to wear stage makeup, when Hewitt offered it.
Nixon refused make-up for the first debate, subsequently his facial stubble showed prominently on black-and-white television screens. During the debate, Nixon started sweating under the studio lights. His light gray suit faded into the backdrop of the set and seemed to match his skin tone.
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The four 1960 presidential debates with John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the first televised general-election presidential debates and brought new criteria to the presidential candidates campaigning.
Sep 25, 2020 · But Nixon kept looking from side to side, addressing the reporters in the studio. The effect was Kennedy seemed confident; Nixon seemed like he didn’t want to be there.”
- Bill Newcott
Sep 23, 2010 · But beyond securing his presidential career, the 60-minute duel between the handsome Irish-American senator and Vice President Richard Nixon fundamentally altered political campaigns,...
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America’s first televised presidential debates—four TV showdowns between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1960—immediately showed how they could change the course of politics. The details of the debates have been recounted innumerable times in the subsequent decades.
