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The debate that changed history

From the Vault: Melissa Harris-Perry takes a historical look at the influence of different forms of media as seen with viewers who tuned in to the televised 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon and famously felt Kennedy prevailed in the debate, while in turn those who listened to the debate on the radio argued that Nixon came out ahead.