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     What people say today about the first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK, doesn’t match first reactions in 1960

     While people now reflect on how or whether Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance during the debate cost him the election, the view in 1960 was that the debate was a draw.

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   1 hour ago · John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate in September 1960, as seen on a black-and-white TV. Associated Press The debate as a draw. What the public is often told nowadays about that first-of-its ...

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   1 day ago · At the time of the 1960 debate, pundits didn't think it was Nixon’s ruin. But television debates have since become a yardstick of a candidate’s appeal and electability. The True Tale of the ...

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   20 hours ago · That, at least, is conventional wisdom about the Kennedy-Nixon debate of Sept. 26, 1960: Image prevailed, rewarding Kennedy and punishing Nixon. “Kennedy went on to narrowly win the election that most say he never would have had a shot at without that first debate,” Time magazine declared in 2016, in recounting the greatest missteps in ...

5. www.nytimes.com › 2024/06/26 › usA Look Back at Memorable Presidential Debate Moments

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   1 hour ago · In the first televised presidential debate, in 1960, a confident Senator John F. Kennedy dominated Vice President Richard Nixon, who appeared sweaty and disheveled as he recovered from an illness.

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   20 hours ago · “Kennedy went on to narrowly win the election that most say he never would have had a shot at without that first debate,” Time magazine declared in 2016, in recounting the greatest missteps in ...

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   3 days ago · Howard K. Smith moderates. Sander Vanocur, Charles Warren, Stuart Novins, and Bob Fleming question the candidates after their opening remarks. The subject of the debate is domestic policy, and issues raised include education, health care, farming, the economy, labor, and the Cold War.

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   Was Richard Nixon disheveled during the first presidential debate?

   • In the first televised presidential debate, in 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon looked sweaty and appeared disheveled as he faced Senator John F. Kennedy. Mr. Nixon would go on to lose the election that fall. Associated Press

   A Look Back at Memorable Presidential Debate Moments

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   Was the 1960 presidential debate really Nixon's Ruin?

   • At the time of the 1960 debate, pundits didn't think it was Nixon’s ruin. But television debates have since become a yardstick of a candidate’s appeal and electability. Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate on Oct. 7, 1960.

   What Really Happened in the JFK-Nixon Debate – and What It Means fo…

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   What happened in the first televised presidential debate?

   • Almost every televised debate, since the first one in 1960, has had a singular quip, gaffe or exchange that sticks in public memory. In the first televised presidential debate, in 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon looked sweaty and appeared disheveled as he faced Senator John F. Kennedy. Mr. Nixon would go on to lose the election that fall.

   A Look Back at Memorable Presidential Debate Moments

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   What topics were discussed in the Kennedy - Nixon debate?

   • The subject of the debate is domestic policy, and issues raised include education, health care, farming, the economy, labor, and the Cold War. See "Freedom of Communications, Senate Report 994, Part 3, Kennedy - Nixon on Radio and Television, 73-92." Sponsored and presented by: "ABC, CBS, NBC Television Networks and Their Affiliated Stations."

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   Who sat between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon?

   • Moderator Howard K. Smith sat between Senator John Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon as they appeared on a television studio monitor set during their debate in Chicago, Sept. 26, 1960. Anonymous

   A look back at another historic presidential debate

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   Did Joe Biden and Donald Trump have a televised presidential debate?

   • Ahead of the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, I’ve been reflecting on the first-ever televised presidential debate in 1960 – and how Vice President Richard Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance that autumn night opened a pathway to the White House for the tanned and telegenic Sen. John F. Kennedy.

   What Really Happened in the JFK-Nixon Debate – and What It Means fo…

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9. www.bostonglobe.com › 2024/06/26 › opinionOpinion | A look at another historic debate — Kennedy vs. Nixon

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   20 hours ago · AP. Republican presidential candidate Vice President Richard M. Nixon wiped his face with a handkerchief during the nationally televised first of four presidential debates with Senator John F ...