It's crazy that there is so much controversy over the original clip, but with all the subsequent news reports, videos, etc of people saying which they hear I haven't seen a single case of anyone misinterpreting subsequent pronunciations, only the original file. Anytime another person utters Laurel or Yanny everyone unanimously agrees that they are hearing what is being said, it's only the original file in question.
Shouldn't some of these news clips go like this:
Person 1 says: Controversy over this word, people are in disagreement over whether it's "Laurel" or "Yanny".
1. Other person hears: Controversy over this word, people are in disagreement over whether it's "Laurel" or "Yanny".
or
2. Other person hears: Controversy over this word, people are in disagreement over whether it's "Laurel" or "Laurel".
or
3. Other person hears: Controversy over this word, people are in disagreement over whether it's "Yanny" or "Yanny".
But 2 and 3 never come up, everyone hears the subsequent pronunciations correctly.