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NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/3/2012 12:49:51 AM

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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.

The difference between what “Today” put on its air and the actual tape? Complete: In the “Today” version, Zimmerman volunteered that this person “looks black,” a sequence of events that would more readily paint Zimmerman as a racial profiler. In reality’s version, Zimmerman simply answered a question about the race of the person whom he was reporting to the police. Nothing prejudicial at all in responding to such an inquiry.

In an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity,” Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, called this elision on the part of ”Today” an “all-out falsehood” — not just a distortion or misrepresentation.

And it’s a falsehood with repercussions. Much of the public discussion over the past week has settled on how conflicting facts and interpretations call into question whether Zimmerman acted justifiably or criminally. That’s a process that’ll continue. But one set of facts is ironclad, and that’s the back-and-forth between Zimmerman and the dispatcher. To portray that exchange in a way that wrongs Zimmerman is high editorial malpractice well worthy of the investigation that NBC is now mounting.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/nbc-to-do-internal-investigation-on-zimmerman-segment/2012/03/31/gIQAc4HhnS_blog.html?hpid=z6

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/3/2012 4:35:37 AM

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Cutting this: "Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about. "

Actually works in Zimmerman's favor, since it proves he didn't have PROBABLE CAUSE to believe Trayvon Martin was committing or going to commit any crime -- which destroys his entire story.

Again, the "Money Shot" is Zimmerman's "These assholes always get away.", since that explains why he pursued and tried to detain Trayvon Martin to be questioned by Police.

And when George Zimmerman caught up to Trayvon Martin, and Martin ( rightly ) didn't recognize any authority, however would George Zimmerman MAKE Trayvon Martin stop and wait for the police?

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/10/2012 7:45:08 AM

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Jon Stewart chimes in: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-9-2012/the-splice-channel

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/10/2012 7:49:48 AM

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The producer responsible for the edit has been fired, I hear.

http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-fires-producer-over-edited-trayvon-martin-call-174957142.html

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/10/2012 8:02:33 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: farglebargle

Cutting this: "Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about. "

Actually works in Zimmerman's favor, since it proves he didn't have PROBABLE CAUSE to believe Trayvon Martin was committing or going to commit any crime -- which destroys his entire story.

Again, the "Money Shot" is Zimmerman's "These assholes always get away.", since that explains why he pursued and tried to detain Trayvon Martin to be questioned by Police.

And when George Zimmerman caught up to Trayvon Martin, and Martin ( rightly ) didn't recognize any authority, however would George Zimmerman MAKE Trayvon Martin stop and wait for the police?

We now know that George Zimmerman NEVER caught up to Trayvon Martin but, rather, lost sight of him and was returning to his vehicle when Trayvon Martin circled back and caught up with Zimmerman, verbally confronted him, then physically assaulted him. Would Trayvon Martin CALL the police instead of circling back?

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/10/2012 11:56:49 AM

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ORIGINAL: erieangel

The producer responsible for the edit has been fired, I hear.

http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-fires-producer-over-edited-trayvon-martin-call-174957142.html

Excellent. That was inexcusable--inventing the news.

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RE: NBC cherry picked the Zimmerman 911 call! - 4/12/2012 7:25:13 AM

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