# presidential debate tapes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-tapes/37885>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-tapes/37885 "2000-10-22T16:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-tapes/37885/1 "2000-10-22T16:19:06Z")

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Is there any way to get video tapes or movie files of the presidential debates? I noticed [audible.com](http://www.audible.com) has audio files for download, but a video would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-tapes/37885/2 "2000-10-23T14:34:23Z")

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I haven’t checked, since I saw all the debates on TV. But during the primaries, CNN carried Real Media versions of all the debates. I’d try checking there. Oh, and I believe ABC carried them as well, but I can’t swear to that. Your best bet is going to be to just check all the major networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![TampaFlyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@TampaFlyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TampaFlyer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-tapes/37885/3 "2000-10-23T22:26:43Z")

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I would keep checking C-SPAN’s schedule at [cspan.org](http://cspan.org) . They often rerun such things; the other stations generally only show them live.