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When network executives began organizing the nation's first-ever televised presidential debate in 1960, a pre-debate debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy began almost immediately. The candidates haggled over format, location, even dressing rooms, but in the end, the medium trumped the message. Sick with the flu and hobbled by a knee injury, Nixon looked pale and sweaty--an image that stuck with viewers far longer than his words...
...nation. It didn't work. Since then, the debate over debates has raged on. In 1980, Carter refused to participate after John Anderson became the first third-party candidate to argue his way onstage; in 1992 voters made their voices heard in the first debate with a "town hall" format. Eight years later, George W. Bush and Al Gore argued even more bitterly over debate format, with each camp releasing attack ads on the topic...
...Pasquale had initially planned on publishing Diamond in magazine format, but he recently decided an online pilot issue would be cheaper and more accessible, he said...
...Illinois and No. 27 University of California, Berkeley. Though it struggled against the stiff competition, the Crimson impressed its opponents with its competitive play and refusal to give up in the face of what proved to be overpowering competition. The tournament was played in a round-robin format in which each team played the other in a mock dual match. “The guys left the weekend with a realistic perspective as to how hard we need to work to get to the next level,” co-captain Chris Clayton said. “All the guys...
...most interesting aspect of the interview was/is its format; Gibson is interviewing her in three installments, the next two coming after the first round of the interview has already aired. Theoretically, this will allow him to adjust his questions - and her to strategize her answers - based on seeing the interview playback. It's like a sped-up version of Nixon and Frost...