On TVNewser, Alissa Krinsky breaks the news that Gwen Ifill broke her ankle Monday night falling down the stairs in her home while carrying "research related to her moderating duties at Thursday’s Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis."
According to TV Newser, despite the injury, Ms. Ifill will still moderate Thursday’s debate. Read More
Senator John McCain’s staff has just announced that the Republican presidential nominee will participate in tonight’s much anticipated debate with Senator Barack Obama in Oxford, Mississippi.
So what happens if Senator John McCain actually skips tomorrow night’s highly anticipated first presidential debate?
Marisa Guthrie of Broadcasting & Cable posed the question to a number of TV executives.
"If McCain does decide to forgo the debate, it will not be easy to reschedule," writes Ms. Guthrie. "The planning and security Read More
Senator John McCain announced today that he and his staff are working behind the scenes to try and postpone Friday’s debate with Senator Barack Obama due to the ongoing crisis in the financial markets.
The highly anticipated first showdown between the candidates is scheduled to take place at the University of Mississippi on 9 Read More
Today executives with News Corporation’s MySpace announced that they have formed a partnership with the Commission on Presidential Debates to create MyDebates.org—a site that will include a downloadable application capable, in part, of streaming the fall presidential and vice presidential debates live.
Yesterday, the commission announced the slate of moderators for the fall Read More
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced today the roster of moderators for the three presidential and one vice-presidential debates coming up this fall.
PR Newswire has the details:
First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and Anchor, The Read More
During the prolonged political primary season this year, CBS News was the only major American commercial network news division not to successfully sponsor a single debate. But it looks like CBS execs are trying to get an early jump on the general election.
To wit: yesterday Veterans for Common Sense–a consortium of military and Read More
Over the weekend, Michael Bloomberg and ABC News invited Barack Obama and John McCain to debate each other in a 90-minute town hall showdown, which would be broadcast live in primetime from Federal Hall.
ABC’s Good Morning America anchor Diane Sawyer—who did not get the opportunity to moderate a debate in the primaries—would Read More
On Friday, before he got sidetracked, Senator Barack Obama suggested that he might bow out of a proposed April 27 debate in North Carolina to be hosted by CBS News and moderated by Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer, reports the Charlotte Observer.
"In a telephone interview with the Observer to discuss his economic Read More
Nation columnist and prolific debater Eric Alterman is the new Judith Miller! Or, maybe not. At the Democratic debates last night, Alterman was apparently arrested (briefly!) for "criminal trespass" at an open bar.
From CNN.com:
Goffstown, N.H. police said Alterman was in the spin room as a guest of the Creative Coalition and went Read More
