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The Great Debaters was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. The release of the film coincided with a nationally stepped-up effort by urban debate leagues to get hundreds of inner-city and financially challenged schools to establish debate programs. [7] [8] Cities of focus included Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
The Debaters is a Canadian radio comedy show currently hosted by Steve Patterson. It airs on CBC Radio One. Each episode typically features two debates between two pairs of debaters. The topics are deliberately comedic, with the winner chosen by audience reaction at the end of the debate.
He argued that debate, as a form of public speaking, required debaters to publicly commit to their positions within a debate round. Quoting Brooks Quimby , a prolific debate coach at Bates College , Murphy claimed that debaters needed to be "men and women of principle" rather than "men and women trained to take either side at the flip of a coin."
In their first debate, the audio went out on the broadcast, forcing a delay of 27 minutes while technicians fixed the problem. Carter and Ford remained frozen at their podiums the entire time.
Both students are taken under the wing of the debate-team coach, Charlie Nichols (Scheider), who was a star debater in his youth. The team eventually wins a chance to debate the issue of abortion against Harvard in front of the Supreme Court. Along the way, the students learn lessons about life, love, friendship, and politics.
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The Great Debate (Canadian TV series), a Canadian television series (1974–1983) "The Great Debate", a song by Dream Theater from their 2002 album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence; The Great Debate (American TV series), a VH1 program (2009) The Great Debate (British TV series), a Sky News programme (2022–present)
In a debate, opposing arguments are put forward to argue for opposing viewpoints. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.