Well, what he stated was basically true. The video was compressed to take the banner out of sight. Problem is, the meaning of the banner had been totally misconstrued. The "Mission Accomplished" referred to the ship in particular. They had done what they set out to do. Libs have taken that, distorted it, and ran it into the ground with the aid of the MSM. That's the real lie.
No, he is wrong! The WH has placed the black bar because of the CNN news bar, the original CNN video has never shown the banner.