Sam Rosenberg: Political polarization in the digital age
Posted on AllSides October 11th, 2016
From The Left
It all started with that historic debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election. As the first debate ever televised in U.S. history, with an estimated 70 million viewers, this face-off between the stern, older Republican nominee and the charming, young Democratic nominee would ultimately change the course of political consciousness in America.