Reply #64: My uneducated guess... [View All]

[Drunken Irishman]

There are a few cameras pointed at areas of the congress. If you've gone to a sporting event, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Prior to the "You Lie" moment, Obama had said something that brought a shower of boos down on him. Obviously this was coming from the Republican side. I actually believe Wilson yelled it twice, once during the boos and then again when it was quiet.

So as this was going down, I'm sure one of the cameras panned over in that general area and snapped a bunch of photos. It's unlikely they focused on Wilson. Those are some high powered lenses they use and I'm guessing this photo is rather large with multiple members of congress in it that aren't seen in this photo.

As the cameraman was taking photos, Wilson yelled out the second, "you lie" and it was caught in one of his photos.

After the event, maybe even before it ended, he probably searched through the photos, maybe zoomed into some members of congress, and found that Wilson was caught yelling and then cropped just that area for release.

That's my explanation, anyway.