This unprecedented year has inspired great innovation. But the idea of hosting a virtual debate isn't one of them. Bringing people together remotely and televising it is not anything new, including in ...

Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon faced off before a national TV audience in the first-ever debate between presidential nominees. Many folks who listened to the debate on the radio ...

07 Oct 1960, Washington, DC, USA --- Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two ...

On the night of September 26, 1960, America sat before its televisions in anticipation of something entirely new. It was the first televised presidential debate in U.S. history, and the ...

On September 26, 1960, presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy stood before cameras for the first-ever televised presidential debate. Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images A little ...

The 1960 presidential election offered the country's first televised debate. It's remembered less for what was said than for what viewers saw. Democrat John F. Kennedy, the handsome young ...

Photo of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon taken prior to their first debate at WBBM-TV in Chicago in 1960. (Associated Press public domain) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles ...

It's a hallmark of the American electoral process: the presidential debate. Millions of people tune into the time-honored tradition, which has long been considered the ultimate showcase for candidates ...

President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden are squaring off for the first presidential debate in Cleveland. But do debates make a difference when it comes to the actual result? The ...