Things have certainly changed since 1960 and the Kennedy-Nixon televised debate. This debate is often cited as the โfirstโ televised presidential debateโฆit is not. The actual first televised โdebateโ of presidential candidates took place in May of 1956 between two Democratic Party primary candidates, Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver and former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson.1 The…
