It also gives voters an opportunity to see how the candidates conduct themselves under the spotlight. While response times are usually limited and there’s little if any chance for follow-up questions, debates can still give residents a chance to...
This page highlights recent news and analysis on candidate debates from the international press.
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Publication Date: October 9, 2019
Source: National Post
Country: Canada
Subjects could be explored at greater length. Leaders could develop a point. The media would stop treating them like prize-fights
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Publication Date: October 9, 2019
Source: Reuters
Country: Tunisia
The release means a televised debate can now take place between Saied and Karoui, who missed Tunisia’s first ever such event between the 26 candidates who ran in the initial round of the election.
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Publication Date: October 8, 2019
Source: Middle East Eye
Country: Tunisia
Jailed Nabil Karoui's ongoing silence is deafening the electoral debate. He must be allowed to address the Tunisian people
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Publication Date: October 8, 2019
Source: CTV News
Country: Canada
The viewership for Monday's leaders' debate was far higher than contests in the last election, despite complaints that the format favoured conflict over substance.
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Publication Date: October 8, 2019
Source: BBC News
Country: Canada
For the first time, all Canada's main party leaders were on stage together, in what is likely to have been the most watched TV debate in this federal election campaign.
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Publication Date: October 7, 2019
Source: The Post Millennial
Country: Canada
True North reporter Andrew Lawton is taking the federal government to court for its decision to deny him media accreditation for the English language federal leaders’ debate on Monday.
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Publication Date: October 7, 2019
Source: Regina Leader Post
Country: Canada
Two right-wing media organizations have won a legal battle to obtain accreditation for their representatives to cover tonight’s election debate.
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Publication Date: October 7, 2019
Source: The Guardian
Country: Canada
On a crowded stage where debate often devolved into a cacophony of crosstalk, Canada’s federal leaders – including a fringe far-right candidate – have sought to sway voters before the country’s election.
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Publication Date: October 7, 2019
Source: The Post Millennial
Country: Canada
Huffington Post Canada’s Ottawa bureau chief and upcoming election debate moderator Althia Raj dined with Justin Trudeau’s best friend and disgraced former principal secretary Gerald Butts Sunday evening, a week before the official leaders’...