What is interesting is that Zimmerman could have sued in pretty much any state in the country since NBC published the defamatory story in every state. His lawyer should have picked a more friendly venue in another district in Florida or another state.
If this were the case, then could they have done 50 concurrent cases? (After all, the jurisdiction of every state court must obviously be that state; as the offense [of libel/slander] was carried out in each jurisdiction, the offense has an interest in each jurisdiction.) About the only special case
would be the jurisdiction wherein the actual editing took place, but that case would likely be heavier
as that's where the editing took place.
Sure, that might open up a can-o-worms as to 'legal' across states — but it'd be kinda fun to watch state-reactions across the board.