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HuTube: GOP Debate Behind-the-Scenes

Go behind-the-scenes at the first GOP gubernatorial debate.

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Press room at the first GOP debate

Whew! We hit some serious technology speed bumps tonight but made it through the debate coverage without jumping off something tall. Thank you to the University of North Texas for hosting the debate and offering up facilities for the press to feed and take feeds and otherwise cover the debate in the various platforms that exist. Aside from the short power outage (there was some temporary irritation over that), there were few complaints as the press corps debriefed afterward.

As we try and do with the HuTube vlogs, photographer Justin Dehn and I grabbed some shots in between the liveblogging to bring you this look at the debate, from where we sat:

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