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What you’re trying to do with the video is exactly what Post Formats were created to handle.

Add this to functions:

add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'video' ) );

And then this to handle your Read More link:

if( !has_post_format( 'video' ) ) {
    echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">Read More&hellip;</a>';
} else {
    echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">Watch the Video&hellip;</a>';
}

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