Presidential flamewars, er, debates start tonight at 9PM ET on YouTube

By Brian Heater, EngadgetOctober 03, 2012 at 09:45AM

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Web video sites and civilized discourse have never been particularly compatible concepts, but that’s not stopping YouTube from giving it a shot. Roughly a month ahead of the next US presidential election, YouTube be the host to the first of three presidential debates. You can tune into the first tonight at 9PM ET via the site’s Elections Hub, courtesy of the folks at ABC news. Further debates can be streamed on the site on the 11th and 22nd at the same time, with then Vice Presidents getting their moment in the web video spotlight on the 11th. Click on the source link to tune in, but stay away from the comments if you’re interested in retaining any faith in the political process, and or humankind.

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