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Posted on 04/06/2012 9:18:59 PM PDT by MindBender26
An NBC News producer has been fired after a misleading report on the Trayvon Martin case suggested that shooter George Zimmerman was racially motivated.
The edited audio clip from a 911 call implied that Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., shot Martin because he was black.
"This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black," according to the clip that aired March 27 on the “Today” show.
A transcript of the actual recording of the call between Zimmerman and the 911 dispatcher shows the version that was aired was significantly modified.
George 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."
911 dispatcher: "O.K., and this guy - is he white, black or Hispanic?"
George Zimmerman: "He looks black."
After critics blasted the segment as misleading, NBC News launched an internal investigation into how the recording was edited, and concluded on April 3 that there had been a mistake.
The unnamed producer, who has been described as experienced, was fired on Thursday. His dismissal was first reported Friday evening by The New York Times, which cited two people familiar with the matter.
NBC News declined to comment about the firing.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
All old hands thought he should have been axed instantly.
AMF
He’s a scapegoat.
If it was a mistake why was anyone fired?
They probably just picked somebody ready to retire. NBC is full of crap. They have no credibility to even try to maintain.
Deliberately doctoring a tape is not a mistake.
Of course he is!
Maybe this fired producer and Oberman can start-up a new liberal network.
It took the commie ‘RATS three weeks after the shooting to orchestrate this bull****. Since all of the maggots in the MSM told the same tale and showed the same pictures of Martin as a little kid, one has to wonder if the state run “media” wasn’t in on the planning of this fiasco from the beginning.
I doubt they fired anyone...probably lying again. They don`t give a name, and if they did, might be a fake. Hoping no one would dig into the past to see if that name showed up on any content stories or shows. They have lost all credibility long ago, just a channel for commercials now.
Hey, maybe Fox news will hire him too...
Axed and sued.
That NBC idiot should have stuck to lying about me only ...
I have a feeling at least one reporter from NBC Miami might be the next to go.
” They probably just picked somebody ready to retire. “
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How funny! And isn’t that the truth. LOL!
The Rats and their in house MSM have been into human sacrifice for decades.
No, he is long gone.
Some friends and fields at my old shop (CBS) knew him. Said he was a wonker.
I just read where the homosexuals have come and are demanding “justice” for Martin. It makes me wonder if Martin was a homosexual?
Ok then, that’s all folks, move along quietly now...nothing to see here....
Read where?
Or was it the producer that predicted how the Gulf would take decades to recover from the deep horizon spill. How many times was that one poor pelican shown on their broadcasts?
Or was the NBC producer that covered the Duke Lacrosse team insisting that the players were guilty?
Or was an NBC producer that issued a disaster warning because of the fact of global warming?
SO many to fire - so few to keep. What will NBC do? How will they shill for Obama if they have to fire their best propagandists?
Read where?
Never liked OH-58. First two flights in one in RVN got shot down both times.
.51 in the transmission was bad ju-ju.
Loved the LOH
I’m an old network hand. He, and anyone he reported to who had any reason to know about his tendency to do this sort of thing should have been axed. A few years back, I worked with a former producer for another network, who bragged about how she regularly staged news coverage and her superiors wholeheartedly approved. If the MSM is ever to recover even the slightest hint of credibility, a wholesale house cleaning is in order. Anything else is just a sham.
No, the fire/truck producer got the ax back then.... as did the reporter and a manager.
I was ABC Radio in NY for a while, then CBS TV side.
You?
PS: networks are toast, and the suits know it.
Fired yesterday = long gone?? Are you sure about your info?
Name mentioned on one of the blogs was Jim Bell....but it has not been confirmed.
I preferred flying the UH-1H. The only reason I loved flying the OH-58 was for the mission and I didn't have to put up with a copilot. LOL!
"Mark the target with a burning 58!"
Scouts out!
>.Some friends and fields at my old shop (CBS) knew him. Said he was a wonker.
Did they name him?
“The unnamed producer, who has been described as experienced, was fired on Thursday.”
I don’t believe them.
They have been caught lying so many times that I don’t believe anyone was fired.
It’s a start. Thanks MindBender26.
The whole network should be fired because this fellow is just a dime a dozen.
Even the LSM is into the Friday evening dump of bad news.
Maybe someone will tweet his address to Wee Spike Lee for him to pass on.
Is Jim Art Bell’s brother?
Have no idea. Just picked up the name from a link on another thread.
I think NBC fired a vacant position. State and Federal governments do it all the time to make it look like they took strong action and made meaningful cuts.
I think NBC fired a vacant position. State and Federal governments do it all the time to make it look like they took strong action and made meaningful cuts.
I worked on OH-58’s for 10 years.
A video or audio producer is usually just a low level hourly employee who DOES WHAT HE IS TOLD TO DO. In this case I suspect that the producer was told by the editor and director exactly what to do and the producer then produced the product that was aired.
This is a whitewash. No racial pun intended.
This calls for the axing of the head of NBC.
The punishment (firing of an inconsequential low ranking segment producer) does not fit the crime.
And unnamed. Possibly an imaginary scapegoat even.
Getting caught was the mistake.
“The unnamed producer, who has been described as experienced”
The whole thing is BS. The guy was experienced, he knew what was expected of him. There was no “mistake”. He’s being let go as a scapegoat, and I guarantee that as soon as everything calms down he’ll be picked right up again an NBC crony.
What’s his name? hate to ruin his life as he did to Zimmermann...
This seems like a phony move.
Before long he be hired by the Obama admin
“The unnamed producer, who has been described as experienced, was fired on Thursday.”
If he’s unnamed, how do we know that he was fired?
We want to know the name and we want to interview him. He owes the country an explanation and a big apology, especially to Zimmerman. Who else was involved?
Hard to grasp; just what kind of world these people want 'their' children growing up in; how vulnerable they want 'their' children to be; their families; in light of the hate the MSM has invited, promoted and celebrated .
No question, this was a bonus story for a cause. The bigger gift, of course, was simply in the 'name' of George Zimmerman. . .
How lucky can the Left get? Add to that, the icing; the contradiction of Holder/Obama Justice Department. . .
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