> there was more that happened before that bit
It was after this bit. Probably when Bezos realized the optics.
> or which was edited cynically, got an inaccurate impression
Ironic to be posting an inaccurate comment, while lamenting inaccuracy...
Here, you can see just how early this happens:
Maybe I saw a deceptive edit at the time.
But note that, in CNN video you linked, there's a cut shortly after 1m26s, before the audio and then video of Shatner&Bezos. I can't tell how much of the interaction was missed.
This ABC footage feels different than the outrage edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTxbq7MTQYY
Bezos listens to an overwhelmed Shatner for close to 10 minutes, hugs, etc.
It may be that he was suddenly thinking of "optics", as someone said, or maybe he wasn't.
Re:A good day with Jeff Bezos
by guerilla_prgrmr on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:14PM
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You were right.
People who saw only the footage from a videographer who missed much of it, or which was edited cynically, got an inaccurate impression.
(Shatner was understandably moved by the space flight experience, maybe by something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect )