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  • 2020-04-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Joe Biden’s Campaign Hold a $2,800 ‘Virtual Fireside Chat’? –... (en)
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  • Did Joe Biden’s Campaign Hold a $2,800 ‘Virtual Fireside Chat’? Claim Joe Biden's campaign sold tickets to a virtual fireside chat in April 2020, charging donors $2,800 for access to a livestream. Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting In early April 2020, rumors circulated that Joe Biden’s presidential campaign had scheduled a virtual fireside chat, charging $2,800 for any donors wishing to access a livestream of the event: https://twitter.com/TheProductDS/status/1246048208792453121 The rumor appeared in at least three separate subreddits, too: Virtual Fireside chat with Joe Biden will cost $2800 to attend from SandersForPresident Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die Joe Biden Charging $2,800 to Attend Elitist Virtual Fireside Chat from BreadTube Joe Biden is holding a fireside chat. To view the livestream will cost $2,800 per person. This will be done in the middle of a pandemic in which over 10 million Americans have lost their jobs. I am literally disgusted, even Trump wouldn’t go that low. from WayOfTheBern The fireside chat, of course, is not a 2020 invention. The term is most closely associated with radio addresses given by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. during the Great Depression and World War II. As the COVID-19 pandemic led to blanket stay-at-home orders in a number of states, Biden’s primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, hosted the first of many nightly fireside chats on March 14 2020: Bernie's fireside chat is the #1 stream on Twitch right now with over 50,000 viewers including the @hasanthehun watch party pic.twitter.com/PtbKeBpGo4 — Rod Breslau (@Slasher) March 14, 2020 Tune in to Bernie's live fireside chat! https://t.co/a2eCclhtWD — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) March 14, 2020 https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1238969754376966145 Sanders’ move to digital rallies and his use of fireside chats proved popular : NEWS: Bernie 2020 Digital Rally, Fireside Chat, and Pre-Debate Program Receive 5.3 Million Views pic.twitter.com/7pMGD6UFDe — Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) March 17, 2020 By March 20 2020, at least one popular tweet addressed Sanders’ frequent appearances, contrasting them with Biden’s relatively low profile at the time. Another was less critical : Bernie is channeling FDR and hosting virtual round tables or fireside chats every day, to comprehensively address Covid-19. Biden is absent, failing to offer any leadership (his shadow handlers don't count as leaders). #whereisjoe ? — (Rev.) Annie 🕊️🌹 (@HolyHellHope) March 20, 2020 Biden has been having trouble getting attention during this COVID-19 pandemic. He could do a fireside chat. He could do a response update. Bernie Sanders is continuing to be relevant by doing live twitter updates. Joe Biden could be making news. I want him to succeed. — Marble77 (@Marble772) March 31, 2020 When April 2020 rolled around, news of Joe Biden’s purported foray into fireside chats began spreading on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stuker/status/1245844654626570240 Readers said that Biden was hosting his own fireside chat, with one crucial difference. While Sanders’ fireside chats were free to attend, Biden’s purportedly came with a $2,800 price tag : Expecting a $2800 donation to attend a fireside chat is definitely not something he learned from Bernie because Bernie does these for free https://t.co/dgSartuebh — Anthony V🌹 (@sauteslut) April 3, 2020 Didn’t you hear? He’s holding a fireside chat just like Bernie now... except he’s charging $2,800 to see it!!! FDR would be proud. Lmfao... he’s really just the worst candidate ever. — #ThereIsNoPlanetB 🌍 (@RosettaDrone) April 3, 2020 On JoeBiden.com an event page existed , archived here : Virtual Fireside Chat with Vice President Joe Biden Thursday, April 16, 2020 Time TBA Login instructions will be provided prior to event. Co-Host: $25,000 (Raise) Includes pre-event VIP Clutch Attendee: $2,800 Three fields followed that portion of the page: contact information (name and address), employer information (required by law,) and Ticket & Attendee Information. That third field indicated the only available ticket option was attendee, and the cost was $2,800. A separated field allowed attendees to purchase a maximum of two tickets at a total of $5,600: Several tweets and Reddit posts claimed that Joe Biden was holding a Virtual Fireside Chat in April 2020. As the tweets stated, information on JoeBiden.com indicated that tickets were available for purchase, priced at $2,800 each or $5,600 for a maximum of two tickets. The page said that login instructions would be provided prior to the event, presumably to avoid any non-ticketed audience members from accessing Biden’s livestream. Posted in Fact Checks , Politics Tagged bernie sanders , bernie sanders fireside , breadtube , covid-19 , covid-19 disinformation , fireside chats , joe biden , joe biden fireside , viral reddit posts , viral tweets (en)
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