Summary: Televised debates have resulted in defining moments for presidential candidates. George Mason University professor Rick Shenkman looks at presidential debates and their impact upon elections. http://www.pbs.org/amex/presidents Voices: Rick Shenkman, historian Ted Rogers, Nixon television advisor John F. Kennedy (archival), senator, Democratic presidential candidate Richard Nixon (archival), vice-president, Republican presidential candidate Gerald Ford (archival), president Walter Mondale, vice-president Herbert Parmet, biographer John Robert Greene, presidential historian Jimmy Carter (archival), president Ronald Reagan (archival), Republican presidential candidate Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.
