Talk:2000 United States presidential debates
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"the three candidates held a debate to debate the format of presidential debates"?
editAccording to this Washington Post column:
- In 2000, the behind-the-scenes negotiations about the presidential debate, its format and details reached a stalemate. So, the three candidates held a debate to debate the format of presidential debates. After some back and forth, actual policy debates did happen.
I have no recollection about this, and don't have the book referenced here. It's not in the article. Anyone have info and want to update the article? TJRC (talk) 18:44, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Scratch that. The WaPo writer is confused. The book it cites makes clear that this is the 2000 campaign for President of Mexico, not of the United States:
- "In Mexico's 2000 election, plans for a debate among the three leading presidential candidates broke down temporarily when behind-the-scenes negotiations failed. In an effort to save the debates, the three candidates organized (what else?) a televised debate to discuss the format and timing of any subsequent debates." Minow,, Newton N.; LaMay, Craig L. (2008). Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future. University of Chicago Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780226530390. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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- "In Mexico's 2000 election, plans for a debate among the three leading presidential candidates broke down temporarily when behind-the-scenes negotiations failed. In an effort to save the debates, the three candidates organized (what else?) a televised debate to discuss the format and timing of any subsequent debates." Minow,, Newton N.; LaMay, Craig L. (2008). Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future. University of Chicago Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780226530390. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- So this is just the Washington Post author misreading her source; nothing over which to update this article. TJRC (talk) 19:04, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- And the WaPo article has now been corrected (with no indication of the correction, though) to "In 2000, the behind-the-scenes negotiations about the Mexican presidential debate..." TJRC (talk) 20:13, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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