WTVJ Fires Reporter Jeff Burnside for Allegedly Editing Trayvon Martin 911 Tape

sfltv.com ^ | 4/25/12

[SoFloFreeper]

You won’t hear it anywhere else but here – insiders have told us WTVJ reporter Jeff Burnside was fired last Friday for allegedly editing the Trayvon Martin 911 tape, the same tape NBC aired on ‘Today’ in early April. Allegedly, his firing wasn’t announced internally and so far there is no information whether NBC made a conclusion if the edit was misleading on purpose or if it was an oversight.

[SoFloFreeper]

George Zimmerman may have a case for a libel suit.

[SoFloFreeper]

site says: NBC launched an internal investigation immediately after the incident...

I recall the investigation being launched after someone else in the media blew a whistle.

[dfwgator]

After this NBC should become ZBC.

[MrB]

Oh, I’m sure Jeff Burnside did this on his own without the knowledge or direction of anyone else at NBC...

yeah, that’s the ticket.

[cquiggy]

GeorgeZimmermanisinnocent.com

[dfwgator]

How’s your wife, Morgan Fairchild?

[Lurker]

so far there is no information whether NBC made a conclusion if the edit was misleading on purpose or if it was an oversight.

Oversight my Aunt Fannie...

[lonevoice]

He's an on-air reporter, right? Do they usually edit their own videos?

He looks a bit like a Ted Baxter type to me.

[DAC21]

I guess it took this long to negotiate the hush money. Burnside will live like a King.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

NBC, was, last I looked a fully owned subsidary of General Electric. GE should become ZE.

[DAC21]

I believe Comcast now owns NBC

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

OMG...is that him??? Bwwwaaaaahahahahahaha!

[Steely Tom]

"I'm FREE, and I like to be FREE!"

[Buckeye McFrog]

so when does Jeff Burnside take over for George Stephanopolous on This Week?

[rwfromkansas]

Depends on the market, but I job shadowed once at a station, and yes the reporters edited their video. Network’s another story though, but this was just an affiliate.

[Jeff Chandler]

He's an on-air reporter, right? Do they usually edit their own videos?

No, they give detailed instructions to the editors where they want the cuts to be made. My nephew is a film and video editor who worked for CNN for a while. He recently quit his job at a local TV station. He got a better job with a film maker, but he also said he couldn't stand the news business anymore. He said that they're all on a mission to change the world.

He told me there is absolutely no way that the Zimmerman 911 tape was edited by mistake, and claims that it was are bald-faced lies.

[ZX12R]

so when does Jeff Burnside take over for George Stephanopolous on This Week?

LOL! What makes that comment so funny, is that it could really happen! What a funny bunch of monkeys the media has become.

[freedomlover]

They had to explain to him what “editing” was. That kind of thing can take some time.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Journalism gone mad. And in Burnside’s case, gone madly.

Ha. I crack myself up.

[Inyo-Mono]

Reporters in the field sometimes do edit their own audio (not video) for a report. I work in media and have helped reporters edit audio.

[Spunky]

Jeff Burnside

Kind of a smug looking guy.

[lonevoice]

Perfect, LOL!

[WashingtonSource]

Looks gay to me. But then all the male announcers on TV look and act gay — and most of them are.

[rwfromkansas]

With it being the Miami market, I am almost sure an editor worked on the actual editing. Reporters do edit their tapes, but typically in smaller markets.

[Spunky]

"Looks gay to me. But then all the male announcers on TV look and act gay.."

Could be. It is the IN thing now.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Mmmmhmmm. My gay-dar is off the scales, here.

[2nd amendment mama]

From his bio: Burnside is also a frequent invited speaker and panelist on environmental journalism and journalism ethics.

He blew that big time.....LOL Wonder who is going to pay him to speak on ethics now...

[MrB]

Great! and so’s our daughter.... uh... Valerie Bertinelli... that’s right... that’s the ticket.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

With that hair, he could be John Edwards’ brother.

[Dengar01]

I'm in Illinois but that reporter's name sounds familiar. Is he on National News regularly or writes columns?

Oh libel against the reporter? I want blood libel on Trayvon's baby momma and baby daddy. Jesse Jackson and Sharpton belong in jail for infighting racial violence nation wide. And ABC, MSNBC / NBC and CNN should be shut down for lying on the airwaves.

[rawhide]

NBC does not know whether is was intentional or a mistake. It is obvious it was intentional, deliberate, and provoking! The reporter was trying to make a name for themselves.

[dead]

I smell vinegar.

[OLDCU]

John Edwards wanna be.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Love the hair.

[tacticalogic]

The reporter was trying to make a name for themselves.

Looks like he tried to manufacture an opportunity for himself to get a local exclusive on a race war.

Now that they've got them all stirred up, how many are going to die in the riots when they can't get a conviction?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Sheesh. Take it up the bum one time and people have you pegged.

[cicero2k]

I bet they are deleting e-mails and text conversations over there as we speak. Not to mention shredders.

He definately has the network news anchor hair.

It took right wing talk radio to call NBC out on this.

[Moose4]

“Stay classy, South Florida.”

}:-)4

[teeman8r]

nothing on air is an accident...

it shows because someone wants it to.

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[wardaddy]

guarantee his name is more ethnic than Burnside...

[wardaddy]

i have to admit I have no clue?

is that from a TV show?

[kcvl]

Jeff Burnside
@jeffburnside
I’m a reporter for NBC Miami. Got a story? Let me know.

Miami, Florida · http://www.nbcmiami.com

http://twitter.com/#!/jeffburnside

Jeff Burnside; @jeffburnside

Sanford police shot up in first instance of violent protest over #trayvon. #nbcmiami http://lockerz.com/s/200189859

[kcvl]

Jeff Burnside; @jeffburnside

I spoke to a smart Barry University class today about covering #Trayvon Martin. It reminded me how well informed the public remains!

[hummingbird]

Hair highlights - check.
Salon tan - check.
Snarky smile - check.
Edit tape to Guide the Narrative - Checkmate.

[DallasSun]

What took so long???

[hummingbird]

“Love the hair.”

“His hair was perfect...werewolves of London!”

[SoFloFreeper]

Do you teach?

[hummingbird]

““Stay classy, South Florida.””

Ron Burgundy?

[dfwgator]

He’s kind of a big deal.

[Moose4]

Yep! He looks like the Ron Burgundy type. Only catching for the other team, if you know what I mean.

}:-)4