Televised Presidential Debates

Alan Schroeder, author of a book about presidential debates, discusses televised presidential debates. The news anchor brings up the 1960 presidential debate between Nixon and Kennedy, which was the first ever debate to be televised. Alan Schroeder believes that this debate was one of the most “critical” moments for American politics because it introduced television and media as a way of campaigning. Schroeder said that Kennedy and his team considered this debate like a campaign, which Schoroeder believes was “forward-thinking” and turned out to be beneficial for him.