He questioned John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the first televised presidential debate in 1960 and George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in 1992.
Vanocur was one of the four journalists on a panel on Sept. 26, 1960, who questioned candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the first televised presidential debate. It was watched by an estimated 70 million viewers.
Later, he was one of the three who posed questions during a 1992 debate that featured George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.. Among his broadcasts, he interviewed Oliver Stone and Anthony Hopkins in a discussion about their 1995 film Later, Vanocur spoke in public and delivered caustic remarks about the 24-hour TV news phenomenon. "I call it the electronic tapeworm," he said during a speech at Emerson College. "You can never satisfy its appetite.
Vanocur complained that the news cycle forced information to emerge prematurely and opined that the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 would have played out differently today. "If you had the kind of media we have now, could we have gotten through the crisis the way we did?" he asked. Vanocur often criticized the role the media play in politics in such talks as "Media Malarkey: Can Democracy Survive the Mass Media?" He noted that Americans are awash with information, but "what we need is knowledge."Sander Vanocur was born on Jan. 8, 1928, in Cleveland. He received a bachelor's degree with an emphasis in political science from Northwestern University's School of Speech, then spent a year in graduate study at the London School of Economics.
In 1991, Vanocur formed his own communications and consulting corporation, Old Owl Communications, then was a professional-in-residence at The Freedom Forum in Arlington, Virginia. Getting Away With Murder
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