Is it true that Biden's wrist clock during his appeal shown another time?

In July 2024, the media and social networks spread reports that during the speech of the US president, which was broadcast live, his watch showed an earlier time. On this basis, bloggers and journalists concluded that the appeal was recorded. We decided to check the reliability of this news.

July 21, 2024 Joe Biden announced About the decision to leave the presidential race. This happened after the numerous calls of politicians, public figures and journalists who sympathize with the US Democratic Party and worried about the state of health of the 81-year head of state (they were especially pronounced in June on the election debate, during which Biden was stipulated and confused). July 24 at 20:00 in the North American eastern east (that is, at 03:00 Moscow time July 25) politician He performed With a video message to the nation, in which he confirmed his decision not to participate in the elections of 2024 and called for voting for US Vice President Kamalu Harris. The next day, a photograph began to spread on the Web, in which Biden's wristwatch show a completely different time - a little more than six hours.

“Grandfather is most likely dead, all the vidos with him is a fiction, American goy are cheating.” Commented A picture in the Telegram channel "Pozdnyakov 3.0" (311,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). A little less categorical authors of the channel "The goat screamed”(181,000 views):“ So, it was at that moment that the assistant managed to record the most successful double (horseradish knows which one in a row). And then he was simply broadcast on the record. ” Similarly in the meaning of the posts published "Putin in Telegram"(187,000 views),"Voblya • News"(134,000),"Ukraine.ru"(115 000),"Rhymes and news"(97 000),"Mishovets Yegor"(84,000),"Pool N3"(83,000),"Skabeeva"(79,000) and"Tsargrad-TV"(52 000). Also wrote about this. 360 And "Gazeta.ru".

In the photo collage distributed on the network, Biden's wristwatch was circled in a circle and enlarged. Judging by the image, the clock show approximately 06:08, which really does not correspond to the time of the live broadcast.

"Verified" studied video messages. One of them is published on the official YouTube channel White House. Some shooting plans allow you to see time on the watch of the American leader. For example, at the mark of 01:49 the minute arrow is where it should, 2 minutes. But the hour hand is difficult to distinguish.

The best watches are visible closer to the end of Biden's appeal, on mark 09:27. An hourly arrow at 8, minute approaches 10 minutes.

The camera that recorded Biden stood opposite him, and the clock worn on his left hand is not always clearly visible. However, the American media filmed the appeal from other angles. In the photo made NBCThe watch is easiest to distinguish the watch - and about 20:07, as it should be.

About the same angle is taken and photography The New York Times. The hour hand is not fully visible, but it is obvious that it is directed at 8 hours, and not at 6.

Finally, the most visual comparison allows the broadcast of the TV channel C-Spanwhich shows all the significant official events of the political life of the United States and especially the White House. In the upper right corner of broadcasting is a time that can be compared with what the president’s wristwatch is shown. For example, at 20:08, Biden's hands shows the same time as the titer.

Photo collage, from which the spread of the story of the wrong time on Biden's watch began, Published July 25 in the social network X blogger and crypto -investor Matt Wallace. Before this record was deleted, more than 14,000 users shared it. Wallace, who calls himself an adviser to the billionaire and owner of X Ilon Mask, regularly shares in social networks by conspiracy theories, which including affect Biden.

Thus, on the official broadcast of the White House and in the photographs taken by the reporters of large media, it is clearly visible that the time on Biden's wristwatch corresponds to what his appeal was shown in the United States. The screenshot, which is captured by another time, in all likelihood, was edited.

Photo on the cover: White House / Screenshot "Checked"

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