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Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 3:25pm

Mejia: Web’s role in election unclear

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E-volution
Published Wednesday, October 8, 2008
In late September of 1960, millions of Americans turned their televisions on to watch the first nationally televised presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. These first televised debates had a large impact on the election of 1960, helping Kennedy, who embraced the new media, to overtake Nixon. From that point on, television was a huge factor in elections.
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