“The staccato-like release of information was intentional”
Exactly, and the people may be gullible but they’re savvier than they used to be concerning these things. All many people will remember is the original story. That is, that an “unarmed black youth” was shot by a kinda-sorta white guy and he should have been arrested but for something wrong with the law and the police. But some, at least, are still paying attention, and the more they do the sillier appears the MSM.
By the way, when the case is eventually dropped or Zimmerman released, as I think will happen, the MSM’s endgame will be not to report it. If he is convicted of something or other, if not murder then perhaps unpaid parking tickets, it will be shouted from a mountaintop. That is the playbook.
You understand the MSM viewpoint... but I do believe they'll report Zimmerman getting off - they'll muddy it up with comments that make it look like racism helped get him off - or that 'criminals' who get off often commit the same crime... etc. Even with that, it'll be on the inside, bottom left...