What really concerns me about this is the fact that someone, somewhere felt the need to do it.
If someone in the administration or press office did it to give a better look, you have to wonder about their competence. Besides being stupid, it is a monumental waste of time. For what?
I just don’t understand something here. I could almost even understand it if one of the recording networks was going to alter it to put their logo on something attached to the microphone and was trying to edit it in.
The video is altered in some way. We don’t have access to the raw video, but there was raw video somewhere. Could be stupidity. Could be an administration trying to hide something in a stupid way. Could be psyops. Could be someone from our side trying to stir it up.
I just don’t know. But there is a disturbing aspect.
The fact it exists is cause for concern, I agree. The sophomoric nature of the work is either due to incompetence or deliberate misdirection. Why either of those needs to be entertained is a big concern.
As far as the “waste of time,” I’ve worked under federal organizations. A majority of the people working federal jobs are literally wasting time. Like a friend of mine likes to say, “No one ever accused my government of being efficient.”