Trayvon Martin call was "mistake, not deliberate": NBC (Refuses to name supposedly "fired producer")

Reuters ^ | 4/8/12 | Chris Francescani

[jimbo123]

NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according the president of network's news division. The edit in question, which aired on the network's flagship "Today" morning show last week, made it appear that Zimmerman told police that Martin was black without being prompted, when, in fact, the full tape reveals that the neighborhood watch captain only did so when responding to a question posed by a dispatcher. Under growing public pressure to explain the incident, NBC News President Steve Capus provided Reuters with the fullest explanation to date of how the edited call made it on air and what the network is doing to prevent such a consequential error from happening again.

[ken5050]

This can be fun, guys....So now, NBC apparently has a ZERO TOLERANCE for stupidity policy..make just ONE mistake and you get fired..

Well, let's just monitor NBC, MSNBC, and the next time someone makes another "mistake"...we'll see if they get axed..

[DAC21]

Let’s see...

Isn’t NBC owned by GE?

Isn’t GE a major contributor of Obama?

Doesn’t GE have a major stake in getting it reelected?

and

G.E. paid no Federal Income tax on Billions of profit and are bailing out GM by buying over 10,000 Chevy Dolts.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Isn’t NBC owned by GE?

Not any more. They sold controlling interest to Comcast.

[Zeppo]

MSNBC chief executive Phil Griffin has defended Sharpton's dual role as well, saying that as long as the longtime civil rights activist is upfront about his advocacy activity, he would be allowed on a "case by case basis" to both participate in and comment for MSNBC on issues and stories that interest him. Griffin has credited Sharpton with turning the Martin case into a national news story.

So NBC clearly approves of Sharpton's race baiting in this case.