Posted on 04/03/2012 4:24:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
NBC News has completed the internal investigation into the edited tape of George Zimmerman’s 911 call, which was aired on Today. The network admitted an “error” and apologized to viewers.
The edited call was aired on Today, but was aired repeatedly — including during MSNBC segments about the Trayvon Martin case. NBC’s audio made it seem as though Zimmerman voluntarily offered that Martin looked suspicious because he was black. The unedited audio, The Hollywood Reporter notes, “reveals that Zimmerman didn’t mention Martin’s race until the 911 operator asked him, ‘Is he white, black or Hispanic?’”
From The Hollywood Reporter:
“During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret,” NBC News said in a statement e-mailed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. “We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers.”
When asked if anyone at Today had lost their job or had been reassigned as a result of the investigation, an NBC spokeswoman said: “We will not be commenting on our course of action.”
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They are dishonest even when they “apologize” for lieing. Does anyone care what they say about anything? Liar...liar...pants on fire!
You can always tell if someone learned from their mistake by the shape of their apology. NBC is phoning this one in. No surprise I suppose.
Oh, cities are burning and innocent people are being killed because of our "mistake"? OOpsie. Sorry.
Our NBC corrospondents are on the scene to cover for the results of our oopsie.
Nothing like a whitewash coming from the “responsible, ethical, and accountable journalists” at NBC. What a total load of bovine scatology.
Waiting for Santorum’s apology.
Their License should be Revoked
Re: your Post #34: EXCELLENT IDEA. Do you think if I walked into an attorney’s office and said: “I’d like to start a Class Action Lawsuit against NBC”, that they’d laugh me out of the office?
I would bet if you did with a petition with a few thousand signatures on it, and you did it with a friendly attorney who doesn’t really need the money that badly, I think it would fly.
It’s frivolous and it’s dirty, and it is the exact thing the rats would do. That’s why it would work.
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