Posted on 02/28/2022 7:28:44 AM PST by rktman
As ABC and CBS ran reports commemorating the 10th anniversary of black Florida teen Trayvon Martin being shot to death by George Zimmerman, both networks misinformed their viewers, and ABC even imitated the same smear that NBC News was forced to apologize for 10 years ago.
As both networks incorrectly implicated Florida's "stand your ground" law for making it easier for Zimmerman to avoid punishment, ABC News correspondent Zachary Kiesch used edited audio of Zimmerman's 911 call, making it sound like the neighborhood watch volunteer had told the dispatcher that Martin seemed suspicious in part because he was black.
When NBC's Today show made precisely the same edit 10 years ago, the deception brought widespread condemnation, and even led liberal comedian Jon Stewart to excoriate NBC News.
Both networks also failed to inform viewers that Zimmerman received serious injuries, including a broken nose, that bolstered his claims of being attacked by Martin, leading him to shoot the teen to save his own life.
After informing viewers that Zimmernan was acquitted, he then lamented the decision and played the doctored audio that made him sound racist:
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Dead thug. But what about the perjury charges against the family. They should be behind bars.
That is an angle I had not previously considered. I thought they were revving up Black hatred simply to help them in the election, but it very well may have also been the consequence of them seeing the black vote slipping away from them.
Very astute perception on your part.
Zimmerman should sue them again.
The media lies. It’s what they do. That is not what the recording said, nor was the “stand your ground” law even a factor in that case.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
They are bums, just like the dead thug. No money there to get. Same for the fake girlfriend. Also a lying thug.
But, they should be prosecuted.
Wrong. Ahmed Arbery was not the aggressor in that case.
Your claim here is a variation of "Who ya gonna believe? Me? Or your lying eyes?"
Ahmed Arbery was absolutely the aggressor in that case. Arbery charged at a man, punched him in the face, and attempted to seize his shotgun.
I absolutely reject the notion that anything which happened prior is relevant to Arbery attacking the younger McMichael.
Arbery did attack the younger McMichael, and he was the aggressor in the confrontation which got him shot.
Trump wasn't a politician in the traditional sense. And he didn't need to be president or be part of the system.
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Yup.
Had Zimmerman displayed his firearm when first approached by Martin the whole incident would have been defused. Martin would have mouthed off then bugged out.
If he had a son, it would have been a turd like him, because Michelle is Michael.
When is Asian month?
Between white history month and native American history month. Sometime in Smarch
Actually I was wrong. Just looked and believe it or not it starts May 1st βAsian Pacific Ameican Heritage month.β 31 days, so enjoy
Injuries the press HID and DENIED he had.
Trayvon was pounding George Zimmerman’s head into the concrete sidewalk, as witnessed first hand by a tenant, just a few feet away, who told Trayvon to STOP attacking Zimmerman.
George Zimmerman was RAILROADED! It is actually amazing that he is not an innocent man in prison for life.
Only one day in, I saw the news video AT THE SCENE with George right there, in the rain, Trayvon’s dead body under a bright yellow tarp, with a can of Adirondack Watermelon Flavor “Fruit Juice Cocktail” NOT TEA!, on top either holding down the tarp or holding saint Trayvon from ascending immediately into heaven. I guess the former since the press had not deified him yet.
The police determined it to be a righteous shoot and let George go home.
The next morning, the same news outfit was back filming the scene, now in daylight. It was very clear to see the proximity of the incident with the tenant’s, witnesses, vantage point. They interviewed the ear/eye tenant witness, through the door, and was told RIGHT THEN that Trayvon, THE PUNK, was the aggressor and was beating the crap out of George.
This was DAY ONE! George should have NEVER been arrested, let alone charged with ANYTHING!
The rest, as they say, is history.
We agree on this point.
Very good. So you do grasp that racial politics are and have always been a tool to keep liberals in power?
10th anniversary celebration of a guy who attempted murder, no wonder they support BLM riots.
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