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Major media organizations urge President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to debate

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ABC News is among the organizations that penned a letter asking presidential candidates to commit to taking part in debates ahead of the election.

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  1. Trump Campaign Urges More Debates With Biden—Starting ‘Now’

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    Major media organizations urge President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to debate

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  1. CNN

    TV networks prepare letter to Biden and Trump campaigns urging them to commit to 2024 election debates (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Five of the major US television networks have banded together to draft a letter urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating in televised debates ahead of the 2024 election.

  2. Breitbart News

    Establishment TV Networks Pressure Biden, 81, to Debate Trump (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Establishment television networks prepared a public letter to pressure President Joe Biden, 81, to debate former President Donald Trump.

  3. NBC News

    Trump calls for more and earlier presidential debates with Biden (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Donald Trump’s campaign is calling for more presidential debates to be held between the former president and Joe Biden, and for the proposed face-offs to begin as early as possible to ensure more Americans “have a full chance” to see the candidates in action before they cast their ballot.

  4. The Washington Free Beacon

    Trump Campaign Says It Wants Earlier and More Debates With Biden (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    The Trump campaign on Thursday demanded presidential debates be held earlier and more often, with Republican nominee Donald Trump being willing to debate President Joe Biden “anytime, anyplace, and anywhere.”

  5. Fox News

    Trump campaign demands Biden debate him 'much earlier' and more often (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The Trump campaign is calling for additional 2024 presidential debates and for them to take place “much earlier" than initially proposed by the debate commission, with former President Trump telling Fox News Digital that he is “totally committed" to debating President Biden “anytime, anywhere, anypl…

  6. Forbes

    Trump Campaign Urges More Debates With Biden—Starting ‘Now’ (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Trump’s campaign accused the Commission on Presidential Debates, the official organizer of debates, of having “ceded to the wishes of the Biden campaign on every front” in 2020.

  7. Winchester Star

    News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    Twelve news organizations have issued a joint statement calling on presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates during the White House campaign. The organizations say

  8. Latin Times

    Biden-Trump Debates: TV Networks Push Candidates to Make It Happen in the Fall (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Different news organizations released a statement urging Biden and Trump to "publicly commit to participating in general election debates"

  9. The Hollywood Reporter

    NBC, CNN and Fox News Join 9 Other Outlets Urging Trump and Biden to Commit to Election Debates (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    The leading news networks released a joint statement urging Donald Trump and Joe Biden to commit to participating in general election debates.

  10. Voice of America

    News organizations urge Biden, Trump to commit to presidential debates (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The organizations say the ‘rich tradition’ that's been part of every general election campaign since 1976 is more important than ever during what they call ‘this polarized time’

  11. The Guardian

    US news organizations urge Biden and Trump to agree to TV election debates (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    CNN, NBC and Fox among outlets to make plea as Trump campaign calls for earlier debates and Biden remains uncommitted

  12. CNN

    News organizations post open letter urging Biden and Trump to debate ahead of 2024 election (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A dozen of the nation’s biggest news organizations posted an open letter Sunday, urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to participate in televised debates ahead of the 2024 election.

  13. New York Post

    News organizations unite to urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates.

  14. CBS News

    Major news organizations urge Biden, Trump to commit to presidential debates (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    In a joint statement, twelve major news organizations, including CBS News, called on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to debates during the 2024 White House campaign.

  15. NBC News

    News organizations press Biden and Trump to commit to debates (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A dozen national news organizations are calling on the presumptive presidential nominees to commit to debates ahead of the November election.

  16. News Nation Now

    NewsNation joins networks in calling for Biden, Trump to debate (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    NewsNation has joined other broadcast and cable news networks in calling for televised debates between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

  17. Hot Air

  18. Green Field Reporter

    News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.

  19. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to debates (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Although invitations have not been formally issued, the news organizations said it was not too early for each campaign to say publicly that it will participate in the three presidential and one vice presidential forums set by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.

  20. Rolling Stone

    Major News Orgs Press Biden and Trump to Debate (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    A dozen media outlets published a letter asking the candidates "to publicly commit to participating in general election debates" before November.

  21. ABC 13 Houston

    Major media organizations urge President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to debate (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    ABC News is among the organizations that penned a letter asking presidential candidates to commit to taking part in debates ahead of the election.

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    News outlets urge Biden, Trump debates (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    NEW YORK -- Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a "rich tradition" that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.

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