Today can be my first time when I monitor presidential debates consciously. Hopefully, candidates won't move the date and time again and finally, we will have the ability to watch it. The last time I watched it on TV was in 2004 - the debates between Yushchenko and Yanukovych. At that time I was 15 and knew almost nothing about debates, their rules, and history. Thanks to the initiative of one of my colleagues, - now I know this topic a little bit better.
This guy has a huge experience in this field and organizes debate games on a regular basis every two weeks on Wednesdays. It's for free for all interested employees. Frankly speaking, I could attend only a few classes, because it mostly requires deep knowledge of history and politics and it's not my passion. But there I've got some general knowledge about debates that I'd like to share with you.
Debates have been with us since the first two people were able to communicate verbally with each other. When Zelenskiy and Poroshenko take the stage tonight, it may feel like just another debate. However, televised debates haven't always been the norm - they've only been a regular feature since 1976 in The United States. Before that year it was happening occasionally and didn't apply to all the elections. But when debate occurs it beats all ratings of a TV channel that broadcast this. It's true starting from the very first broadcasted presidential debate in 1928 in The States. That one was watched by each 3rd American. Since that time most of the most-watched broadcasts were presidential debates.
This guy has a huge experience in this field and organizes debate games on a regular basis every two weeks on Wednesdays. It's for free for all interested employees. Frankly speaking, I could attend only a few classes, because it mostly requires deep knowledge of history and politics and it's not my passion. But there I've got some general knowledge about debates that I'd like to share with you.
Debates have been with us since the first two people were able to communicate verbally with each other. When Zelenskiy and Poroshenko take the stage tonight, it may feel like just another debate. However, televised debates haven't always been the norm - they've only been a regular feature since 1976 in The United States. Before that year it was happening occasionally and didn't apply to all the elections. But when debate occurs it beats all ratings of a TV channel that broadcast this. It's true starting from the very first broadcasted presidential debate in 1928 in The States. That one was watched by each 3rd American. Since that time most of the most-watched broadcasts were presidential debates.