Rant: I found a weird pattern in old news footage that changed how I look at 'official' stories

I was watching some raw news clips from a big event in Dallas back in the 90s for a project. I had three different network feeds playing side by side on my screen. In one, a reporter clearly says a specific name, but in the other two, that same moment is just silent, like the audio was cut. It wasn't a big deal, but it got me looking. Over the next week, I started checking other major events, and I kept finding these tiny, weird cuts or camera angle changes at the exact same second across different sources. It felt too neat. I'm not saying it proves anything huge, but it made me realize how much we just trust the edited package we're given. Has anyone else dug into raw footage and found stuff that just doesn't line up?

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nelson.finley1mo ago

I had the same thing happen with some 9/11 archive tapes. Different channels had the same few seconds of smoke footage cut at different points, like someone edited the raw feed before it went out. Started downloading satellite feeds from that day to compare, and the time stamps are a mess. Makes you question everything.

richardfox1mo ago

No kidding! I found the same weird cuts in old news footage, totally makes you wonder what else got snipped.

hernandez.ben23h ago

The BBC archives had the same glitch, so I cross-referenced three network backups.