NBC News is said to have launched an internal investigation into why it posted an edited version of George Zimmerman's call to a 911 dispatcher made prior to a shooting incident resulting in the death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. The altered version made it appear as though Martin's race was an important factor that night for Zimmerman, when, in fact, he was only answering a question posed by a 911 dispatcher.
NBC told the Washington Post's Erik Wemple Saturday that it would investigate an incident in which the "Today" show used an abridged recording of George Zimmerman's 911 call before he killed Trayvon Martin. The version used by NBC emphasized race as a factor in the incident.
Big Journalism first reported on the online version of the MSNBC controversy 3 days ago and followed up with another report yesterday, March 30th on NBC's aired segment. As the Hollywood Reporter states, Fox News, led by host Sean Hannity, along with Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center, have also been challenging NBC on what appears to be an outrageous use of an editing technique to make the 911 call seem damning of Zimmerman, as well as divisive and inflammatory along racial lines.
NBC deliberately misled their viewers. This is not the first time. They depend on their viewers being naive so they can brainwash them into their way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteThe media is trying to incite racial violence thinking that it will help Obama in the election.
ReplyDeletelib media NEVER to be trusted.
ReplyDeleteremember comcast has a controlling interest in pmsnbc...
ReplyDeletehow this was reported initially is responsible for this fiasco. They didn't have to report... "Martin's killer...white hispanic." What's wrong with "Martin fatally shot by...charges pending further investigation"... "Killer" connotes intent, malice...
I'm sure the internal investigation will go far, just like ther internal investigation of Dr. Mann at the University of Pennsylvania after it was found out that he faked the so called global warming hocky stick graph.
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