Cbs Debate Audience Paid
Mike bloomberg had a distinct plan for his second debate.
Cbs debate audience paid. The biggest boos of the night with tickets costing upward of 1 750 members of the debate audience were not shy about voicing their opinions of the democratic candidates statements. A 60 second ad for the billionaire media mogul s campaign played during the first and second commercial breaks of the cbs democratic presidential debate on wednesday night drawing the ire of. In the case of at least one past debate attendees have been able to pay thousands of dollars to sponsor the debate and obtain tickets. I think we already know the answer to the question.
The only way to get hold of a ticket to the debate was to become a sponsor. Some audience members were paid to be here. According to wcsc the cbs. As indicated by a story from wcsc a cbs affiliate based in.
Bloomberg aide denies campaign bought off debate crowd. Philip wegmann philipwegmann february 26 2020. Was the debate audience paid by michael bloomberg does this really comes as a surprise to anybody. Debate watchers say biden won first debate but most felt annoyed cbs news poll by jennifer de pinto anthony salvanto fred backus kabir khanna and elena cox september 30 2020 9 02 am.
The theory that bloomberg may have stacked the debate audience with paid shills quickly gained steam over the course of the night with a number of news outlets and twitter pundits highlighting. Of the audience were paid. Social media users news outlets and bernie sanders himself parroted false reports that those in the democratic presidential debate audience paid thousands of dollars per ticket after the crowd. A 60 second ad for the billionaire media mogul s marketing campaign performed in the course of the first and second business breaks of the cbs democratic presidential debate on wednesday night time drawing the ire of pundits on twitter.