First televised presidential debate
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:event
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| gptkbp:community |
gptkb:Howard_K._Smith
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| gptkbp:date |
September 26, 1960
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| gptkbp:followed_by |
three more debates
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| gptkbp:format |
question and answer
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| gptkbp:game_length |
69 minutes
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| gptkbp:healthcare |
recently recovered from illness
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
gptkb:1960_United_States_presidential_election
senator from Massachusetts |
| gptkbp:historical_debate |
gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Monarch civil rights domestic issues both candidates prepared extensively one-minute rebuttals two-minute responses |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
set precedent for future presidential debates
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
First televised presidential debate
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| gptkbp:impact |
influenced public perception of candidates
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| gptkbp:location |
WBBM-TV studio, Chicago, Illinois
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| gptkbp:media_coverage |
extensive coverage by newspapers and television
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| gptkbp:military_strategy |
focused on television appeal
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| gptkbp:notable_appearance |
looked healthy and confident
looked tired and unwell |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Kennedy perceived as more charismatic
Nixon appeared less comfortable on television |
| gptkbp:participants |
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy |
| gptkbp:president |
vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| gptkbp:public_perception |
shifted in favor of Kennedy after the debate
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| gptkbp:significance |
first debate to be televised in U. S. history
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| gptkbp:tactics |
focused on policy details
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| gptkbp:viewership |
approximately 70 million viewers
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:1960_Presidential_Election
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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