He assumed the edited bits would be discarded. Someone, however, saved it all.
Politicians, in general, are pretty careful about stuff like this because they know it can come back to haunt them. Arrogant billionaire reality TV stars maybe not so much.
I'm a camera op and an editor, been doing it for a living for 35 years now. I still HAVE TAPES which are even OLDER than that, still playable, most of them already digitized for posterity.
I keep EVERYTHING. The only stuff I no longer have is stuff that was damaged or destroyed in the 1994 quake and, had I sufficient monies I would have had most of THAT stuff restored.
I keep EVERYTHING.
The day I depart, someone is going to uncover a treasure trove of awfully damning material. Be nice to your editors, be VERY nice to them!
