Under the lisbon treaty , the european council becomes a fully fledged european institution rather than a political meeting , with origins in informal fireside chats between eu 's founding six countries .
In his first " fireside chat " on national radio president roosevelt flatly declared that " fewer than three dozen private banking houses " controlled " the flow of american capital . "
Ten days later , obama announced he would bring the president 's weekly " fireside chat " into the 21st century by sharing it on youtube ; the very next day we saw the weekly democratic address released on the web for the first time .
The president 's use of the full span of media from network news to webcasts has echoes of franklin d. roosevelt 's " fireside chats " in the radio age and the mastery of television shown by john f. kennedy .