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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Sure, so long as by "liberals" you include Southern Democrats, that would be true all the way back to the Convention of 1787 and its notorious 3/5 rule.
By using the term "liberals", I mean those people who advocate big government power, who want taxes high, who like to create big government "projects, who focus on made up crises which require their usage of government power to solve, and who operate the government in such a way that it benefits their crony friends.
You know, "liberals."
Trayvon was a Black travesty pretending to be American
He died as a result of his attempted murder.
Any Black person defending him is criminal for aiding and abetting attempted murder
Sure, that includes Southern Democrats who fully supported government projects intended to benefit THEMSELVES.
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