NBC, Facebook Team Up on Republican Debate

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Meet the Press and Facebook are teaming up to host a Republican presidential debate.

According to NBC, on the Sunday before the New Hampshire primary, they will produce a multiplatform "forum" in which candidates will "react and discuss" issues with online communities.

The debate will be moderated by David Gregory, will air on NBC as a special edition of Meet the Press, which Gregory moderates, and will also stream live on Facebook.

The debate will also air live on MSNBC and MSNBC.com and New England Cable News (NECN).

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.