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On September 26, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy were the first presidential candidates to have their debates broadcast, what year was it?

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1. On September 26, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy were the first presidential candidates to have their debates broadcast, what year was it?
2. Who was the first president to have their speech broadcast from coast to coast for the first time on September 4, 1951?
3. President Eisenhower was the first president to allow television cameras into what building?
4. In what year was the world's first television station broadcast?
5. How many American homes had televisions by 1955?
6. Who was the first president to appear on television?
7. What percentage of television programming was devoted to the news during World War II?
8. Which president established the White House's Office of Communication?
9. What CBS reporter stood up to Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities?
10. Which reporter called the Vietnam War a quagmire on national television?



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