I will use small words in the hope you understand.That's exactly what he said and as usual you are trying to skew it to fit your agenda. Seems to be a habit of yours!!
You missed "It appears " at the start of his posting,
The meaning is
"Appear: how something looks.We use appear to say how something looks or seems to look. We usually follow it by an adjective or by a to-infinitive: … Appear meaning 'come into sight'Appear also means 'become noticeable':
To any normal person this is not a confirmation of something, merely that something gives or causes a certain "appearance" which is not in fact necessarily a reality or a certain person's opinion.
He was referring to the Public perception of the situation.
No skewing involved just the difference between a person who understands the nuances of the language and someone who either doesn't understand them, or does, but wants to adopt a point of view that doesn't bother with the facts. and is determined to NOT SEE what is before his eyes.