Social media users shared online content claiming that President-elect Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving address was viewed only about 1,000 times online. This statement is false.
Examples can be seen here and here.
The claim appears to be from a snapshot of Biden’s live address with 1,000 viewers, which can be seen in a video here. The posts do not specify which social media platform this screenshot appears to be from, but the word “LIVE” in red seems to match that of Facebook and Periscope video live streams.
As more users participate in watching a live video, the number of views increases. It looks like the screenshot was captured early in the video, here at point 1:15.
Biden has aired his address on a variety of platforms, including Facebook, YouTube and Periscope.
The speech can be seen here on YouTube, where it has been viewed 110,667 times since December 1st.
Biden’s Facebook live video has been viewed more than half a million times (here) and the Periscope video, which was shared on Twitter, was viewed 922,800 times on December 1 ( here , www.pscp.tv/w/1jMJgpVqXMPxL).
The allegation was shared in a video clip of the conservative store One America News Network (OANN), which is visible here , which contains a screenshot like the one in these social media posts by a user named @DontWalkRUN (here).
President Donald Trump tweeted on 27 November 2020 about the report here , with the words “REPORT: Biden’s Thanksgiving Day address only gets 1000 times online, a record low. Observers say a candidate with ‘80,000,000 ‘votes will get many more online viewers. Numbers do not lie, or count not! @OANN “
Another Thanksgiving-related video posted by Biden has been viewed 6 million times on Twitter and more than 3.3 million times on Instagram since December 2nd. here and here.
VERDICT
Untrue. Elected President Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving speech was not watched by just 1,000 people.
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