Guest no, it is a myth but it is longstanding. It is partially true. The moderator was sitting behind the candidates, so he really could not see how they were looking on camera, he was just listening to what they were saying. He said after that, he thought that nixon had won and when he watched the rerun of the debate, he actually thought kennedy had won. The reason that popped up with there had been a survey done by marketing firms of people who had listened on radio. They had said they thought nixon had won it. You canthe viewers, watch and listen and then vice versa. If nothing else, just the difference in the voices, the difference in the accents. Most people think kennedy emerged the winner. He just looked pretty bad in pretty nervous. 60 years this weekend since that first nationally televised president ial debate. There were essentially four debates between john f. Kennedy october 7, nixon, 1960, the second. October 13, 1960, the third. If final one, october 21 before the electi
So leaders had a much Better Direct sense of what the people actually thought. You can see a lot of polling data in this and in flushing out exactly what it was americans thought. I will focus a lot on Public Opinion and then we will talk about policy as a reflection of Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany, and they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the two plus years of this debate, nothing that happened really change fundamentally, those two points of view. There will be changes in American Opinion, but those two fundamental views remain the same. Even on the eve of pearl harbor, most Americans Still wanted to avoid direct american involvement as a belligerent in world war ii. The great debate moved the American Public in the direction of risking war,
Media. Wofford College Professor teaches about the rise of radio and its impact on whether to enter world war ii. The class uses sound clips showing the role radio played shaping views and policy. All right. So, last week we talked about coming of the war in europe and asia. I want to talk about the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is arguably the most important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had started polling American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. Youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. So im going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and well talk about policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe. My arg
Of a job since mid march and Business Activity grinding to a halt around the world and finally, Energy Stocks are jumping on a rebound in oil prices by far the best performing on the s p 500, which is higher, wilfred, by about. 6 though off the highs of the day. Went briefly flat as well so improving for the last hour or so the dows up 0. 9 or 200 points. Coming up, well speak with former bp ceo, lord browne about the oil markets this week as crude sees another double digit move today plus Tiger Management president , Alex Robertson, will join us to talk about investing and how his company is helping to support new yorks front line workers. Zblncht mike is tracking the Market Action for us as always meg has the details on the possible setback for gileads coronavirus trials, which sent the market off its highs during the session as we mentioned along the hannah, from the ft, who cowrote the story that broke that news and kayla is covering the house vote on the next round o the stimulus,
Important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallup poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. You are going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. I am going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and then we will talk about actual policy as a result of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany. And they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the twoplus years of this debate, nothing that happened really changed fundamentally those