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How America’s presidential debates are changing this year
5 months, 4 weeks ago

How America’s presidential debates are changing this year

Hindustan Times  

“WE AIN’T DEAD yet,” Frank Fahrenkopf insisted last month on “The Daily Show”, an American TV programme. Mr Fahrenkopf leads the Commission on Presidential Debates, a non-partisan body whose sole purpose is to organise match-ups every four years. In May, after signalling that he might not participate at all, Joe Biden challenged Donald Trump to debate him—on Mr Biden’s terms. …

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Presidential debate commission jabs Biden campaign as it releases colleges from contracts
6 months ago

Presidential debate commission jabs Biden campaign as it releases colleges from contracts

Raw Story  

The Commission on Presidential Debates attacked President Joe Biden's campaign Monday, days ahead of a planned CNN debate between the president and former President Donald Trump. Read Also: GOP officials fear Biden will pull a Trump stunt on Trump -- and it will be his fault In March, the commission's chief, lobbyist and former Republican Party chair, Frank Fahrenkopf, complained …

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The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it
7 months, 1 week ago

The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has planned presidential faceoffs in every election since 1988, has an uncertain future after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump struck an agreement to meet on their own. Just a day earlier, Frank Fahrenkopf, chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, had sounded optimistic that the candidates would eventually …

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Disastrous first debate is one rerun Fox’s Wallace avoids
4 years, 1 month ago

Disastrous first debate is one rerun Fox’s Wallace avoids

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Nearly two months later, Chris Wallace can’t bring himself to watch a rerun of the disastrous first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. “No one likes to be on the receiving end of attacks in reference to us being swamp monsters,” said Kenneth Wollack, one of the commission’s co-chairs. NBC’s Kristen Welker, the …

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Final Trump-Biden debate marked by clashes but less chaos
4 years, 2 months ago

Final Trump-Biden debate marked by clashes but less chaos

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After a raucous first debate led organizers to introduce a mute button, the second and final meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was a downright civil affair. A Trump campaign official said the decision was made after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s highly respected top …

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Pence and Harris to debate through plexiglass because of coronavirus concerns
4 years, 2 months ago

Pence and Harris to debate through plexiglass because of coronavirus concerns

LA Times  

Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris will debate Wednesday separated by plexiglass shields, one of a handful of changes debate officials are making in response to concerns about COVID-19. “No exceptions.” A Pence spokesman said the vice president last tested negative Monday morning and referred other questions to a comment made by a colleague earlier. On the …

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