Presidential Debates: Style Or Substance? | Retro Report

Presidential Debates: Style Or Substance? | Retro Report | The New York Times

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7 жыл бұрын

The moments we remember from political debates are embedded in our political folklore, from the knockout lines to the losing gaffes. But does media coverage often miss the real lessons they offer?
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@recessiontwentytwenty3858 6 жыл бұрын

It seems Retro report stopped making videos in 2016? That sucks I've watched alot of them just stumbled upon them a few weeks ago . They're well put together wished they had continued

@gonzalesrafael1726 5 жыл бұрын

Its on a separate channel now. Enjoy kzfaq.info/love/Bh_GM0xQZQRKSU0ZiVbqdg

@slimestoneexpert9804 3 жыл бұрын

Retro report is from pbs, it has workt with nyt and vox they even have a channel( link above me)

@brysonconstable3052 Жыл бұрын

Bring back Retro Report - it's fantastic in every way

@bennettfoley3018 Жыл бұрын

it was a collaboration btw nytimes and pbs! Here's the current iteration :) : kzfaq.infovideos

@brysonconstable3052 Жыл бұрын

@@bennettfoley3018 you legend thanks

@Will-px4qy 6 жыл бұрын

People in this comments section need to chilllll. All news outlets have some bias in their content due to the bias of their writers, at least NYT is doing its best to be objective based on the values of the society they live in

@allyourcode 7 жыл бұрын

I don't believe in debates. Being able to instantly respond to anything with a quip is not the most important quality that a president needs when she is actually doing the job. Doesn't work so great for TV tho :/

@luddity 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the "no comment" on serious issues raised by Kennedy counted against Nixon.

@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 6 жыл бұрын

In a way, leadersip is a performance art.

@ChainsGoldMask 6 жыл бұрын

Where’s Retro Report gone? Make more of these please.

@fallout560 4 жыл бұрын

It got its own channel

@ChainsGoldMask 4 жыл бұрын

fallout560 thanks!

@wrzffh 6 жыл бұрын

@WestYorkshireGREAT 7 жыл бұрын

Social Media can make or break a presidential candidate, it can also be the deciding factor of who wins and who loses

@ArtOfficialKreations 5 жыл бұрын

President? I would argue that all we're really doing every four years is electing a mascot

@mathieust-louis2893 7 жыл бұрын

the 2016 debates got great viewership

@martinjordan5786 7 жыл бұрын

WOW! this is prime time media entertainment. What about the poor, healthcare, investment, the EU, unemployment? Good luck America this election season.

@bascal133 5 жыл бұрын

When are you going to make more of these

@sunnylilme 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE debates. I follow candidates as some follow sports teams. What could matter more than personal involvement in my democracy, way of life? I'm fearful we're a culture where Kardashians matter more.

@Dr.BestBuy 5 жыл бұрын

I used to watch the debates, but in recent memory they haven't really done much of a debate. The candidates mostly say whatever they want and the pundits dont hold them accountable to the truth or do follow-ups. Hardly anything of substance comes out other than the candidates existing rhetoric. It's quite frustrating to watch the debates.

@barren76 7 жыл бұрын

Know The New York Times tyres to save it own skin lol sorry to late to try to be honest. yes you know wat I mean.

@whalesnamedshark 5 жыл бұрын

I would keep them around just because there fun

@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 6 жыл бұрын

LOL to hearing Trump say, in 2016, that ‘it’s easy to be presidential’. I guess it’s easier to say than do, eh Trump? It’s 2018 and he still hasn’t managed to be presidential!

@r5t6y7u8 3 жыл бұрын

(partial) article at 4:27 has it right: These aren't debates, they're just panel discussions and news conferences. But there're still useful because the candidates have nothing to hide behind: no script, no props, no help, no teleprompter. Cut through the baloney and explain your plans for, say, Medicare or Iran in 90 seconds. I told my teacher in 1982 that George Washington and Abraham Lincoln could never get elected today. He didn't disagree.

@BetterLifeAhead35 5 жыл бұрын

I they did actual debates, not whatever the word is for what candidates do, then that would be really useful for voters. It would demonstrate their ability to tell fact from opinion, find reliable sources, remain calm and clearheaded under stress, their level of rationality and common sense, etc. Campaign ads tell you what they believe, a debate would be for backing up why they believe it. You would have live fact-checking and instantly let them and the audience know that they were incorrect. If they were vague or roundabout in their answers like politicians like to do they would be told to answer the question, and if they wouldn't they'd be skipped. You could even have a points system like in competitive debates based on reliability of sources, whether facts cited were correct, whether they answered what was actually asked, etc. I don't think there's a word for what they do. I wonder how many Americans think that's what debating actually is because it's their only encounter with something with that label.

@penguinguy9820 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this after the Biden/Trump 2020 debate gives it new gravity.

@kamiyabritton7098 4 жыл бұрын

Kennedy was cute tho

@apple_cider1207 7 жыл бұрын

neither Style nOr Substance

@PHlophe 7 жыл бұрын

you ain't got none

@apple_cider1207 7 жыл бұрын

Lechiffresix six i gather from your diction that you're an unemployed, illiterate, imbecile. have a drink on me, sycophant.

@Eric345 6 жыл бұрын

Appearances matter a lot. It’s what’s makes us different. We judge on the way people look. When we see a fat person, we automatically assume his lazy, has a horrible diet and is a messy person. When we see a guy in shape. We assume he works out, eats healthy, and is a organized person. We also feel that he is superior than us. Since he is in better shape.

@tahiramehmet7163 5 жыл бұрын

the whole point is that appearances *are not* good ways of judging people. the fat person may be a hardworking fitness fanatic who happens to have gained weight on high doses of prednisone. the naturally thin person may be a lazy slob with no ambition in life. judging by looks is foolish and dangerous.

@honeybbqwings2655 7 жыл бұрын

Where is the story odalys DANNEY WILLIAMS NYT....? BIAS MUCH?

@kevinpoole4323 7 жыл бұрын

ADMIRE THERE ABILITY TO TAKE THE STAGE ,BRAVE,GOD SAVE AMERICA. PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER IS IMPORTANT.

@PHlophe 7 жыл бұрын

Ken , you are a stereotype

@markkilian1859 7 жыл бұрын

Johnson/Weld 2016

@markkilian1859 7 жыл бұрын

Brother Joseph wrong. Johnson CAN name foreign leaders. However the question was asked "name a foreign leader you ADMIRE or look up to. Kind of hard to when today's current leaders are responsible for the world being on fire. And on Aleppo. A journalist asked "and what about Aleppo?". Johnson said "and what is Aleppo". Because it was an incomplete question. Johnson thought Aleppo was referring to an acronym. The question should of been "what about Aleppo, SYRIA!" and if you watch the whole interview you will see that Johnson did in fact answer the question. He has been taking about Syria since the beginning of his campaign. But hey. These so called "gaffes" don't come close to Hillary Clinton's scandals and Trump's flip flops. The way I see it. Gary Johnson is running to serve the people as President of the United States while Trump and Clinton are running to be your dictator. I can sleep comfortably voting Johnson/Weld in November.

@dmitri3574 2 жыл бұрын

the new retro report channel sucks please bring this one back :(

@zanger208 7 жыл бұрын

we can make day Obama can continue to write on the presidential vote bill Obama thanks his name and said democracy is a people a voice, and at the moment no one is more qualified than Obama so I say Obama remains president of America for 4 years. We can build America by voting for Obama, he is a real leader. vote for obama

@ivorysulv 5 жыл бұрын

When is your limit American can’t believe just write false information about Ethiopian plain crush .... crush your own people for money you worship, leave poor ethiopian alone.

@ParaBCa 7 жыл бұрын

Clinton/Kaine 2016

@ivorysulv 5 жыл бұрын

This is false and unethical news reporter, they just allowed ethiopian reporter who come from the racial background who detect ethiopian people 27 yrs and overthrown now , allowed her to published false story about ethiopian air plain crush . She is one who got credit by saling vulnerable women story for own credit and using this vulnerable situation for her reputation as well. Her name is selame genrekidan ... very unethical news provider . I know you don’t have feeling for the dead because all you care about been heard by public