Search results
3 days ago · Join us as we revisit the groundbreaking 1960 Kennedy-Nixon television debate, a pivotal moment in American political history. It was the first televised pre...
- 31 min
- 103
- Clement Richards
3 hours 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 ...
22 hours ago · The run-up to the Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate at the end of June 2024 has brought reminders about the first-ever televised presidential debate – and how Vice President Richard Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance that autumn night in 1960 opened a pathway to the White House for the tanned and telegenic Sen. John F. Kennedy.
1 day ago · Max Frankel, then the executive editor of The New York Times, wrote several months after Nixon’s death in 1994 that “Nixon lost a TV debate, and the Presidency, to John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
22 hours ago · 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.
22 hours ago · That, at least, is conventional wisdom about the Kennedy-Nixon debate of Sept. 26, 1960: Image prevailed, rewarding Kennedy and punishing Nixon. Advertisement Article continues below this ad
People also ask
Was the 1960 presidential debate really Nixon's Ruin?
When was the first televised presidential debate?
Who sat between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
Did Joe Biden and Donald Trump have a televised presidential debate?
What were the greatest missteps in presidential debates?
Did a live debate really settle the 1960 race?
3 hours ago · 1960: The first televised debate pitted Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy against Republican Vice President Richard Nixon, who was recovering from a hospital visit and had a 5 o’clock shadow ...
