"America is still a nation that [...] sent a brave young man from Ohio [pause...] to a [pause...] PLANT! You know who it is, the stars and stripes on the face of the moon, you know who it is"
He couldn't bring himself to say what the teleprompter said because he knows it's not true.
I tried to look at different broadcasts to get a shot of the needle going in, BUT THEY ALL USE THE SAME FOOTAGE
NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8uKMXNs36U
BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyxADSXigt8
CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-icfkZJf8
LA Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhr956rFF64
MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqFesnzLiU
VOA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjIBPmJ8uE0
AP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9xvm7wHgpo
This is obviously not physically possible as media cameras align horizontally.
What this tells us is that there was ONE CENTRALLY CONTROLLED BROADCAST FEED, similar to the "inauguration"