How to watch the US presidential debate livestreams online without cable authentication

in #cord-cutting8 years ago (edited)

Disclaimer:
This post is not encouraging you to watch the debates. In fact, you probably shouldn't.

But we all know how Internet FOMO works:

You're minding your own business when all of a sudden you see/hear/read something a bunch of people are talking about, and it sounds interesting and you want in, too.

So let's save you the scramble of how to watch the United States presidential debates online, and get you the info.

In most cases, the streams below also include the same pre and post debate commentary aired on TV.

When in doubt, go to youtube.com/live

It regularly features major event livestreams.
(Including official mainstream media streams, independent broadcasters, and rogue/bootleg livestreams)

While youtube.com/live is usually a safe bet, it can help to know specific channels ahead of time.

(Plus everybody has their own preferences about commentary.)

Specific YouTube channels that will be streaming the debates

Twitter and Bloomberg Television

Twitter has a partnership with Bloomberg Politics to stream their coverage the debates.

You can watch it at debates.twitter.com or follow the @bpolitics account.

Bloomberg has also said it will do live on-screen fact-checking.

Facebook livestreams

  • ABC News 
  • CSPAN
  • Fox News 
    As noted above, they also have a YouTube stream. But in case you like FB experience better...

Roku/AppleTV/Fire(Amazon)

The following news organizations have apps on at least one or all of the streaming devices:

  • ABC News (free)
  • Bloomberg TV (free)
  • CBS News (free)
  • NewsON (free)
  • CNNgo (requires a TV subscription)

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bluechoochoo Andréa López tweeted @ 26 Sep 2016 - 14:18 UTC

Debates are dumb novelty obstacle courses, and the worst way to learn anything. Reminder you can opt-out.

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