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Bob Schieffer, of CBS News, presides over the final 2012 presidential campaign debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Held in front of a silent audience, Schieffer poses his own questions on foreign policy, which have not been reviewed by either candidate.

In this October 3, 2012 ABC News debate, presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney respond to Jim Lehrer's questions about their positions on reducing the federal deficit, creating jobs, individual and corporate tax rates, financial regulation, changes to Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and the federal government's role. Romney says raising taxes will kill jobs and advocates raising revenue by lowering deductions,...

"Alan Schroeder sheds new light on every debate from 1960 to the present. From the selection of questioners to the camera angles, from issues of makeup to lighting and stage set, Schroeder shows how decisions are made that influence every aspect of what the audience perceives. The Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV takes readers on a backstage tour, approaching the debates within the framework of the fundamental steps to which TV producers...

Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale engage in their first Presidential debate of the 1984 campaign, with the questions restricted to domestic issues. Reagan seeks to focus on economic performance under his administration as compared to Carter-Mondale, while Mondale focuses on the deficit, arguing that Reagan's prediction of growing out of the deficit are fanciful; Reagan lacks an honest plan for confronting it. Note: This historical recording may contain...

In this October 1984 debate between President Reagan and Walter Mondale, the presidential candidates address foreign and domestic matters. Reagan and Mondale highlight their positions on the Soviet Union, strategic missiles, nuclear arms, illegal immigration, and more.

The second of three US Presidential Debates, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, between independent candidate Ross Perot, Democratic nominee Governor Bill Clinton and Republican nominee President George Bush. The debate takes place at the University of Richmond in Virginia on October 15th, 1992 and is moderated by Carole Simpson.

President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter engage in the first of their series of Presidential debates in 1976 at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, the first Presidential debates since Kennedy-Nixon. This debate on domestic policy focuses on the challenges of combatting both inflation and unemployment. There is little direct clash over Watergate, but at the thematic level there is much discussion of restoring trust in government and confidence...

In this October 1996 debate between Senator Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton, the presidential candidates address domestic and foreign matters. Dole and Clinton highlight their positions on health care reform, Social Security, welfare, foreign aid, retirement, Affirmative Action, U.S. manufacturing, and more.

Bill Clinton and Bob Dole engage in the first of their presidential debates in the 1996 campaign. Clinton argues that America is better off than four years ago, while Dole tries to focus on Clinton's more liberal policies. The candidates highlight their positions on Medicare, drugs, special interest, gun control, foreign policy, healthcare, education, and the national deficit.

A media expert and network commentator examines the welter of misinformation--generated by politicians and the media alike--that surrounds political campaigns.