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Reactions to the Facebook debate: How right-wing voices dominate the conversation on the presidential debate
Conservative media used Facebook extensively to connect with voters in 2016, helping propel Donald Trump to the presidency. Since then, the right’s control over the platform has only intensified. Right-wing voices made up nine of the top 10 performing posts on Facebook since the presidential debate on Tuesday. Many Americans who primarily receive news from …
Editorial: The first “debate” shows that Trump is not just a bad president. He’s a bad person.
Let’s start with what President Donald Trump did not do on Tuesday night. He did not quickly, completely, and in a complete and cohesive sentence condemn white supremacy. He did not urge supporters – in the looming weeks of regular and legitimate counting of postal ballots that voters should expect after the November 3 election …
Trump-Biden debate shows double standards of sexism and toxic masculinity
“Are you going to shut up, man?” It was Joe Biden’s remarkable line in Tuesday night’s presidential debate a female challenger to President Donald Trump four years ago could never dream of delivering. “I feel so much affection for Hillary right now because I’m sure she meant that and she couldn’t,” feminist author Jill Filipovic …
Sordid debate shows the risk to American democracy
Some 60 years have passed since the first televised debate between the two main candidates for the White House. Some of the sequels have been quotable, others have been sleeping pills, but none are as appalling as the one held in Ohio on Tuesday. Whether President Donald Trump’s interruptions were impulsive or calculated to destabilize …
First Trump-Biden debate shows American democracy is in crisis
The two biggest moments of the first Biden-Trump 2020 presidential debate, when brought together, reveal how endangered American democracy is. The first moment came when moderator Chris Wallace asked President Trump condemn white supremacists and tell them to refrain from all violence. When Trump asked a specific group to criticize, the Vice President Joe biden …
Children’s Hour: Watch the first presidential debate of 2020
I am 100 years old and I first voted in the 1944 presidential election while serving in the Air Force in the Central Pacific. I did this by mail, of course, and I remind you that this privilege was widely shared by my fellow GIs. in mind. I think back to the evening of Monday, …
Students gather for first ‘frustrating’ presidential debate
Design by Julia Sanbe, artistic director Last night, as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off in the first debate of this election cycle, University of Miami students got to watch them at a Foote Green event sponsored by the Butler Center for Service and Leadership. Students who attended the event had the …
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Communication lessons from the presidential debate
Photo by Olivier Douliery-Piscine Getty Images The 2020 presidential debate presented many lessons on successful and unsuccessful communication methods. Let’s take a look at some of the key communication takeaways from the debate. It’s not just what you say, but how you say it. An otherwise compelling argument can be poorly received if you don’t …
Global reaction to the presidential debate
BRUSSELS – The bleak spectacle of the presidential debate on Tuesday evening caused some shock, sadness and weariness on Wednesday among American allies and rivals. As President Trump bellowed and shouted and shouted at both moderator Chris Wallace and his opponent, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and as Mr. Biden responded by calling …
The 2020 presidential debate was unobservable. They must stop
Photo: AFP via Getty Images It’s hard to recover from a night spent watching crossed conversations between three in their seventies, let alone putting up with the thought of watching two more presidential debates. For 90 minutes Donald Trump made his best impression on Hulk Hogan while Joe Biden tried to fend off the attacks …
In just 10 minutes, Tuesday’s presidential debate made climate history
Amid the interruptions and relentless bickering during Tuesday night’s confrontation, Americans witnessed something they hadn’t seen in over a decade: a discussion of climate change in a presidential debate. Centered on the devastating wildfires that have already burned millions of acres across the western United States, the approximately 10-minute dialogue was the longest debate on …
Chaotic Trump-Biden Contest Leads to Changes in Format of Presidential Debate | Elections
The Non-partisan Presidential Debates Commission said on Wednesday it would change the structure and format of the last two general election debates between the president Donald trump and democratic candidate Joe biden after Tuesday chaotic and bitter debate. The commission, which has organized the debates for the general presidential elections since the late 1980s, set …
World reacts to presidential debate: NPR
French weekly Point posts a photo of President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden under the headline “America on a volcano (and us too)” in Paris on Wednesday. Francois Mori / AP hide caption toggle legend Francois Mori / AP French weekly Point posts a photo of President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe …
Presidential debate creates new low point for democracy
Now, it’s a presidential debate that has created the latest low point in our dysfunctional democracy – and on multiple fronts. Tuesday night’s chaotic 90 minutes of harassment, crosstalk, elation, name-calling, baseless claims and accusations will be remembered, at a minimum, for effectively extinguishing the already tainted concept of civilian political discourse. . It will …
Trump and Biden go hand in hand in presidential debate and no one wins
Biden was clearly the best prepared, with several standardized answers on a few key questions, but the former vice president did less well when pressed with questions about the Democratic Party’s calls to pack the Supreme Court, his support for the Green New Deal, his plans and positions on the response to the COVID-19 virus …
Politics, economics and health specialists take part in the first presidential debate
Megan Ranney Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy and PracticeDirector, Brown Institute for Translational Science At last night’s debate, more than 7.1 million Americans are known to have been infected with the novel coronavirus, and more than 200,000 have died from COVID-19. Healthcare workers and other essential workers across the country still …
Laura Ingraham: Trump-Biden ‘raucous’ debate shows traditional format ‘doesn’t work very well’
Tuesday night’s first “raucous” debate between President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden proves that “the traditional model of presidential debates does not work very well,” said Laura Ingraham on Wednesday morning. In general, argued the host of “The Ingraham Angle,” debates over modern general elections have been low stakes and have pitted candidates against …
TV rankings Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – The Hollywood Reporter
The first presidential debate of 2020 has been widely criticized by most observers – and has drawn a smaller TV audience than the record-breaking first debate four years ago. The 16 media outlets that broadcast the debate live attracted 73.13 million viewers – the second-largest audience of all the debates in the past 24 years, …
The presidential debate was hard to watch but revealing for voters
Tuesday night’s presidential debate was shocking. Difficult to watch. A radical break with past debates and decorum. Yet, as disheartening as it may have been for many Americans, it has served a purpose. In 2004, I hosted a Democratic presidential primary debate on the campus of Marquette University. Over the past 10 years, I have …
Presidential debate: Trump and Biden’s claims verified
Image source, AFP President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed in the first of three televised debates ahead of the US election in November. For 90 stormy minutes, the nominees clashed over everything from the state of the economy to handling the coronavirus pandemic. Reality Check has decrypted some of their claims. Trump: …
The worst presidential debate ever
On Tuesday night the American people, or at least those unlucky millions who weren’t watching the Yankees-Indians game on ESPN instead, were subjected to an hour and a half of stupid screaming from two old men in the air. sad and miserable that looked like it would be anywhere else more than this auditorium in …
Trump derails first presidential debate with Biden: NPR
President Trump has trampled on debate moderator Chris Wallace and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden – and crossed many lines in the process. Patrick Semansky / AP hide caption toggle legend Patrick Semansky / AP President Trump has trampled on debate moderator Chris Wallace and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden – and crossed many lines …
Frank Ocean reacts to the presidential debate
Cool music recluse Frank Ocean made a rare public statement last night after the first presidential debate, encouraging his supporters to vote against President Donald Trump. “The debates are open,” the singer, who barely uses social media, wrote in an Instagram story Tuesday night. “Everything seems wrong. The problem is, no. Donald is president and …
Presidential Debate: Our Experts’ Perspective on the Trump-Biden Duel – As It Happened
Peter Spiegel, American editor This is how I prepare for tonight’s event: revisiting old Saturday Night Live parodies from previous presidential debates. Here are my top five: – Chevy Chase as Jerry Ford – He didn’t do anything to try and look like the president, but Chase’s portrayal of Ford did as much to solidify …
America cracks, the first presidential debate proved it | U.S. Elections 2020
If you didn’t watch what could only be called charity last night as a “debate” between the two presidential candidates in the United States, I can assure you that you made a wise decision. If you have chosen to read a book; if you have chosen to take a long walk; if you have chosen …
Christie helped Trump prepare for first presidential debate, but said outcome was ‘hotter’ than expected
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was one of the people who helped prepare the president Donald trump for for his first debate against democratic challenger Joe biden. So naturally when Christie appeared on a Tuesday night panel on ABC after the often chaotic and often combative debate ended, he was asked directly: is this …
Moderator Chris Wallace speaks out on wild presidential debate
Fox News presenter Chris Wallace was taken aback by the horrific controversy of the first debate of 2020 between President Trump and his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, on Tuesday, but he believes the clash still has offered viewers a lot of information about the two candidates. “Obviously, this was not the debate I …
The presidential debate could have impacts on the mental health of viewers
Sentiments can impact stocks, and experts say Tuesday night’s debate could affect voter tendencies. CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off in the first presidential debate of this election season. The night was full of personal attacks from both sides. People talk more about …
College students react to the first presidential debate
Wednesday’s event gave students from all political backgrounds a chance to discuss their takeaways from the first presidential debate. BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Students at Bowling Green State University gathered Wednesday night to discuss their reaction to the first presidential debate in Cleveland. For many who watched President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe …
“It’s going to be something to watch”
SALT LAKE CITY—With the first presidential debate on the books, their “number two” is next. Current Vice President Mike Pence and VP hopeful Kamala Harris will lock the horns for the vice presidential debate in Utah. And a political scientist from the site of the battle says this one could generate more interest than the …
A surprise in the presidential debate
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Five takeaways from the presidential debate
The first presidential debate of 2020 was a fiery spectacle. PORES’ Marc Trussler shares his takeaways from the night. President Trump and former Vice President Biden took to the stage Tuesday night for the first debate of the 2020 election, a fiery spectacle of insults and interruptions. Penn today asked Marc TrusselDirector of Data Science …
Trump sets the tone for worst presidential debate in living memory
On the sidelines, the debate likely did more to help Biden than the president, at a time when Trump needed to change the shape and trajectory of the campaign. But that’s not what people will remember. Even supporters locked in their choices were likely discouraged by what they witnessed. One can only imagine what the …
First Presidential Debate 2020: How to Watch Trump and Biden Live Online
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face each other in person for the first time on Tuesday, and judging by Trump’s ridiculous insistence that Biden take a drug test before taking the stage , it’s probably going to be ugly. But more concerning than all the low blows Trump can direct …
Trump vs. Biden’s Presidential Debate Drinking Games Go Viral – See The Rules!
The first debate between President Donald Trump and Joe biden is about to drop, and social media lights up with ways to watch the first of many battles – cocktail-style! Just like in the past, several “drinking chat games” are going viral on sites like Instagram and Facebook, and users (political or not) are sharing …
Constant interruptions, insults, obscure substantive discussion at first presidential debate in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio – If voters were hoping for a productive conversation during Tuesday night’s debate, they were probably very disappointed. Tuesday marked the first time Republican President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden faced each other directly this electoral cycle, on stage at the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion during the 90-minute …
Presidential Debate 2020 Drinking Game – PorchDrinking.com
As if 2020 weren’t already crazy enough, America is now gearing up for one of the most volatile and contested presidential election cycles in modern history. Tonight marks the first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. And while the initial confrontation will certainly touch on a host of critical Supreme Court …
What time is the presidential debate tonight? Livestream, schedule, how to watch
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are set to face off in their first crucial general election debate. The debate will air Tuesday, September 29 from 9 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET; it’s 8-10 p.m. CT, 7-9 p.m. MT; and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT. Moderated by Fox News Sunday …
Want to bet on the presidential debate? For the first time in the United States, you can do this legally
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump will have their first presidential debate on September 29. JIM WATSON and Brendan Smialowski / AFP The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will take place on Tuesday evening, and for the first time people can bet on it in the United …
Presidential debate: Young Bay Area voters have spoken, many still not convinced by either candidate
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) – Young Bay Area voters weigh in on Tuesday’s presidential debate. Due to COVID-19, surveillance nights involved smaller crowds and virtual chats. Many at San Jose State University (SJSU) gathered for an evening of presidential debate monitoring geared towards a pandemic. Nearly 90 people met virtually. The crowd was mainly made …
How the first presidential debate was filmed live amid COVID-19 – The Hollywood Reporter
The first presidential debate of 2020 between Joe Biden and President Trump presented COVID-19 security measures as a socially distant audience and no handshake, reflecting how the live political events of 2020 have changed and will continue to evolve in the in the midst of the current pandemic. The small audience of the debate were …
Snapshot of the 2020 Cleveland Presidential Debate | The sound of ideas
Cleveland returns to national limelight tonight as the host of the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. Cleveland intervened when the University of Notre Dame stepped down as host due to complications created by the coronavirus pandemic when hosting the event on its campus. President Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden will …
Candidates’ jokes and beards prove defining moments
WASHINGTON — Candidates often spend days preparing for debates, trying to rehearse their talking points, master key topics and anticipate any scenarios that may arise. But often, it’s the impromptu zingers that become the defining moments of the debate — and can even make or break a campaign. Here are some memorable quips and the …
Can Joe Biden do the first presidential debate on more than Donald Trump?
Even by the overblown standards of the past five years, the political news from the weekend before the first presidential debate had an all-encompassing quality. Nothing challenged his hold. President Donald Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee, deeply conservative Amy Coney Barrett, and said he thought it was “certainly possible” for the full court to …
Joe Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of presidential debate
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris released their 2019 tax returns on Tuesday, just hours before Biden’s first debate with President Donald Trump. The returns show Biden and his wife, Jill, reported $944,737 in taxable income last year and paid $299,346, or a 31% tax rate, in federal …
Watch the first presidential debate with ‘The Nation’
The 2020 presidential candidates (Trump: Niall Carson/PA Wire via AP Images; Biden: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) To subscribe to The nation Subscribe now for as low as $2 per month! Thank you for registering for The nationweekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more than The nation, see our latest issue. To subscribe to The …
Presidential Debate, NYC, Fall Cookbooks: Your Tuesday Night Briefing
(Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Here registration.) Good evening. Here is the latest. 1. President Trump and Joe Biden face off in the first of three presidential debates. The election is in 35 days. The debate in Cleveland will last 90 minutes. The Times is broadcasting the event, complete with live analysis …
What time is it and what to watch tonight – The Denver Post
Editor’s note: This debate took place on September 29, 2020. Read a recap here. For more information on the October 22, 2020 presidential debate, tap here. President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will meet for their first debate on Tuesday in a presidential election year marked by extraordinary turmoil. With elections and early votes …
Presidential debate to focus on coronavirus, Supreme Court
President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off in Cleveland on Tuesday in the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. The debate, which will be moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, will take place against the backdrop of an unconventional campaign dominated for months by the coronavirus pandemic and protests …
Meanwhile in America: a pre-game guide to the first presidential debate
The highly anticipated first debate between President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden is only hours away. This is one of the president’s last chances to overthrow a campaign he is currently lagging behind, five weeks before the vote. To help you decipher the information about who won and what it means, Meanwhile in America …
Meet Chris Wallace, Fox News Presidential Debate Moderator
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will moderate when President Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, face off at Case Western University in Cleveland on September 29 for the first of three presidential debates. . The highly anticipated event will likely approach the record 84 million viewers who watched Trump’s first meeting …
The US presidential debate: five things to watch out for
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will share the stage Tuesday night during a live debate in Cleveland, Ohio – the first of three one-on-one clashes ahead of the November presidential election. Presidential debates have always been high-stakes events. Four years ago, more than 80 million Americans watched Mr. Trump’s first encounter with Hillary Clinton. This …
Trump and Biden’s first presidential debate in 2020: what to expect
WASHINGTON – The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and President Trump is likely to be the most watched political event in U.S. history, and Tuesday’s huge potential audience is just one factor that raised the stakes for both candidates. For Trump, stuck for months on a losing trajectory, the debate is one of the …
How to watch the first presidential debate of 2020
At PolitiFact, we’re gearing up for the 2020 election debates. It’s kind of our Super Bowl. There are four debates this fall: three presidential and one vice-presidential. PolitiFact will check the proceedings in real time on our website. Sign up for PolitiFact’s email for a link to our fact check ahead of Tuesday’s debate. The …
When is the first Biden-Trump presidential debate? : NPR
Preparations are taking place Sunday outside the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion in Cleveland ahead of the first presidential debate, scheduled for Tuesday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Preparations are taking place Sunday outside the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion in Cleveland ahead of the first presidential debate, scheduled for Tuesday. Patrick …
When, where and how to watch
On Sunday morning, President Trump reminded a tired and traumatized nation that it is officially debating season with a bizarre tweet demanding that his competitor, former Vice President Joe Biden, take a drug test “before or after the debate on Tuesday evening “. Preventively forcing an opponent into a losing position is a classic Trump …
A 4th presidential debate? Commission says no to Trump
Members of the Presidential Debates Committee on Thursday rejected the Trump campaign’s request to change the fall debates schedule, refusing to move debates earlier or add a fourth debate to the schedule. President Trump and his campaign had argued that the current schedule of debates, which calls for three debates between Mr. Trump and Joseph …
Rules of the presidential debate: five things you should never say in a debate, rhetoric experts say
The first presidential debate in the 2020 U.S. elections is in a few days. The debate will be the first chance for U.S. voters to see Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden test their records and policies face to face before voting in November. Winning a debate is more than a feather in …
Presidential Debate 2020: Nine moments of debate that marked American history
Six decades after John F. Kennedy’s debates with Richard Nixon, live televised meetings between presidential candidates have become a central feature of the US election. Not all of them have experienced significant moments; The original Kennedy-Nixon duel remained in collective memory not because of a single line, but because the Republican nominee spent much of …
Student groups to host virtual presidential debate events in unusual election season
In previous election seasons, students have gathered in lecture halls and common rooms on campus to watch shared food debates and heated discussions, but this year they will need to log into Zoom to watch the debates in company of their classmates. With less than a week to go before the first presidential debate, Duke …
Presidential Debate Moderators Should Ask About Puerto Rico
The past week seems to have stirred strong mixed emotions among Americans, not only with the news of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but also because of the Warning that the two presidential campaigns give to Puerto Rico. Although three years have passed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, many people are still …
Chris Wallace chooses topics for presidential debate – Deadline
Fox News Sunday Presenter Chris Wallace, moderator of the first presidential debate of the season on September 29, has selected the six topics that will face President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The subjects are the Trump and Biden cases, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in our cities …
Presidential Debate Guide: When They Happen and How to Watch Them
The second presidential debate will take place in a town meeting format with the participation of approximately 30 uncommitted South Florida voters. Candidates will each have two minutes to respond to participants’ questions, and the moderator will have an additional minute to further discuss the questions posed. The vice-presidential debate will be divided into nine …
When is the first presidential debate of 2020? September 29 in Cleveland.
the coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about the 2020 presidential campaign, but at least one thing should go as planned: the debates. The first of them, between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and President donald trump, is scheduled to take place Sept. 29 in Cleveland, Ohio. The debate will take place on the common …