Last night I watched the State of the Union on the White House website. Initially before Obama appeared and everyone was milling about, they had the regular 16:9 ratio. But once the speech began, I saw this:

I sat there trying to figure out if something happened to their cameras to prevent them from showing a full screen and they hastily covered it with the title until the problem was resolved. But no, they meant to use that space for shit like this:

Okay, I know it's really not necessary to show the entire area surrounding Obama because it's just him, the vice president, and the speaker — although it is hilarious to watch Biden sometimes — but it looks ridiculously tacky if you don't. This shit on the side should not be there. I do not need a map to pop up to show me where Russia is. I just want the president, not a goddamn Powerpoint presentation. I'm being distracted by all the text and crap instead of focusing on what I'm here for, the goddamned speech.