Twitter to livestream the presidential debates

Twitter today announced it will be livestreaming the presidential debates, following up on earlier successful live coverage of sports. Like the NFL streams, Twitter will show the debates along with a live tweet feed. The coverage will be flanked on either end by commentary by Bloomberg Politics, and you’ll be able to tune in from any of Twitter’s apps (including TV-friendly ones like Apple TV and Xbox One), as well as at debates.twitter.com. As the Verge points out, the issue will be keeping the feed relatively clean. Twitter did a good job on the NFL streams using a combination of…
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