Here we have a major...cough,cough news agency trying to change to outcome of a criminal investigation...here is the real crime.
NBC Deceptively Edits George Zimmerman’s Words On 911 Tape
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I don’t ordinarily buy into “media bias” arguments from either side of the political playing field, but this strikes me as irresponsible journalism on the level of the Stephen Glass affair:
NBC told this blog today that it would investigate its handling of a piece on the “Today” show that ham-handedly abridged the conversation between George Zimmerman and a dispatcher in the moments before the death of Trayvon Martin. A statement from NBC:
“We have launched an internal investigation into the editorial process surrounding this particular story.”
Great news right there. As exposed by Fox News and media watchdog site NewsBusters, the “Today” segment took this approach to a key part of the dispatcher call:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.
Here’s how the actual conversation went down:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.
Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
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