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Did ABC News Purposely Use Unnecessary Chyron to Cover Up Zimmerman's Head Bruise?
NewsBusters ^ | March 30, 2012 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 03/30/2012 6:17:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Get that totally unnecessary chyron out of there, ABC News!

Why is your "ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE" chyron covering up the back of George Zimmerman's head in the police surveillance video of him arriving at the police station soon after Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Florida? There is a big controversy out there as to whether Zimmerman actually did suffer certain injuries including a bruise to the back of his head during the fight with Martin. You would think ABC news would allow an unobstructed view of the back of Zimmerman's head. Instead the head was covered for much of the time by a completely redundant chyron since there was already an unobtrusive ABC News label in the lower right of the screen.

A suspicious mind might even think that ABC News was trying to cover something up with that annoying chyron. And one such person is Bob Owens, a Pajamas Media contributor, who makes just such an accusation in his personal blog:

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abcchyron; abcdeceit; abcnews; abcscreenshot; enemedia; georgezimmerman; racebaiters; trayvonmartin; zimmerman; zimmermaninjuries
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Was this an on purpose "mistake?"
1 posted on 03/30/2012 6:17:28 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

“incite to riot”


2 posted on 03/30/2012 6:22:28 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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I had a similar reaction. The whole point of the video is “Oh, let’s see if this video shows any injuries to the back of Zimmerman’s head.”

Then I watch as they superimpose a bar across most of the screen, “coincidentally” blocking the man’s head thru most of the video.

What the hell is going on here!


3 posted on 03/30/2012 6:23:50 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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I didn’t beleive it was on purpose until watching it. The bottom part of it is semi-transparent and is there for no purpose of all.


4 posted on 03/30/2012 6:24:55 AM PDT by MNDude
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I remember watching the video and actually saying to myself, “why is that label so tall”. It is blocking the very thing I want to see in this video. I did get a nice view of the motorcycles though...

It had to be intentional. Ether that or they are incompetents over there at ABC.

Imagine them doing that during a live football game. The center and quarterback hidden by the station label. :-)


5 posted on 03/30/2012 6:26:00 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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Instead of blocking Zimmerman’s head with that “ABCNews” banner, they should’ve used the “0bama” logo.

Kill 2 birds with one stone.


6 posted on 03/30/2012 6:27:09 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: mo

They may not intend to incite a riot,
but the do intend to “incite to vote for 0bama”.


7 posted on 03/30/2012 6:29:13 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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I’d watch the video, but those stupid commercials they run are a real turn-off. Sorry. I’ll take your word for it.


8 posted on 03/30/2012 6:29:27 AM PDT by bcsco
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Yes


9 posted on 03/30/2012 6:29:32 AM PDT by tomkat ( FU baraq !)
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Made me think of this from Monsters, Inc.


10 posted on 03/30/2012 6:29:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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From my days at Network, I can tell you that then entire ABC campaign has been totally slanted so as to convict Zimmerman in the eyes of the viewers.

It's not just this video, it's the entire approach.

BTW, it's the Duke lacrosse deal all over again.

11 posted on 03/30/2012 6:32:04 AM PDT by MindBender26 (New Army SF and Ranger Slogan: Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord.... but He subcontracts!)
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I’m a video guy and that was the first thing I noticed. The needless graphic was way higher than normal, there was nothing in the space below (which is reserved for text), and the graphic covered Zimmerman’s head for the majority of the time.

They want to use this as an excuse so they can say “Hey, we showed the graphic and you can’t see the wound.”

They think everyone is stupid. Sadly, they are right in some cases. All they want is their riot.


12 posted on 03/30/2012 6:32:59 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Solid Conservative Values. A Man You Can Trust. "Etch-a-Sketch 2012!" /sarc)
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To: cuban leaf

There’s clearly something there on the top back of his head, though. You can see that near the end of the video.


13 posted on 03/30/2012 6:34:12 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: bcsco
No commercials here
14 posted on 03/30/2012 6:34:20 AM PDT by tomkat ( FU baraq !)
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Thanks, but the video doesn’t run.


15 posted on 03/30/2012 6:36:46 AM PDT by bcsco
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Some gal on Hannity was really insisting that that video was conclusive proof that Martin didn’t attack Zimmerman,

despite the eyewitness account.


16 posted on 03/30/2012 6:38:22 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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It wasn’t a mistake.

And the video didn’t matter, at that time, because the headline was the point they wanted to get out to the masses...


17 posted on 03/30/2012 6:39:21 AM PDT by Freddd (No PA Engineers)
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I do not get the hoopla about a low res video...a very clear full face mug shot from the same night has been all over the internet and this form from the start...
This video hype is stupid because there is already far better photos from day one
18 posted on 03/30/2012 6:39:53 AM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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Not unlike MSNBC showing only the back of a guy carrying a gun at an Obama event in Arizona. Then the news people implied that this showed some racial concerns when you have (implied) white people showing up at an even of a black President with guns. Turns out the guy with the gun was black. MSNBC knew that, but intentionally hid this fact from their reporting. I put nothing past the state-run media in this country.


19 posted on 03/30/2012 6:40:25 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: bcsco

You have to click that green download bar .. it saves on your pc and plays in whatever media app you normally use.


20 posted on 03/30/2012 6:40:59 AM PDT by tomkat ( FU baraq !)
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