Back in my days, the Cold War and Desert Storm, when I was active duty. It took time to create any kind of psyops such as pamphlets or videos. We are talking about video
TAPES and mechanical printers. Yes, we were that primitive.
But not so today. So here is my take on these twitter feeds...
If a video is up close, of either persons or any hardware, put that video into the 'suspect' directory. When you are filming up close, the camera always crop out information and many of that crop are deliberate. A video/photo is more easily
POSED if it is an up close and cropped shot. The content is much more easily controlled and edited by you.
On the other hand, look at the video of a tank veered off to run over a car. Wide view video/photo are more difficult to control as to its contents. Much more variables to consider such as clouds, trees, people, etc. Motion is the worst variable to try to control. It is better to take a wide view and zoom in at your convenience, rather than wait for someone else to do it because you do not know what was eliminated. Wide view videos/photos may lack in details and the video maybe shaky/jerky but at least it hint at some measure of authenticity.
It is not guaranteed but at least some reasonable guidance in this age of quickly created propaganda.
