Posted on 04/08/2012 1:27:32 PM PDT by tobyhill
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 to the president of the 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.
Capus confirmed a previous Reuters report that an internal network investigation had determined that a producer made the editing error, and that the network's editorial controls - including senior broadcast producer oversight, script editors and often legal and standards department reviews of sensitive material to be broadcast - simply missed the selective editing of the phone call.
Two sources at the network told Reuters the Miami-based producer of the segment had been fired on Thursday.
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I believe them. Just like I believed them when they said rigging remotely controlled model rocket engines to initiate gas tank explosions on GM pickup trucks was “a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the dangers of the trucks.”
These people are so absolutely pathetic and without scruples they should be uemployable anywhere.
Someone spilled coke on he editing machine. He will never be allowed to drink coke at work again. All is well.
Anyone who believes the “mistake” excuse must believe they own a bunch of bridges.
The network could lose all 22 of its viewers if it's not more careful.
How can NBC fire a guy for a mistake or up against time constraints?
In a few weeks, we shall learn that the report of an unnamed producer being fired ,was yet another mistake.
Who else will they Honkify.. or make a Crackerosaurus..
Whats Holder doing.. “looking busy”... whistling past the graveyard.?..
Looks bad for Negrodamus.. race bashing so quickly..
Damn cowardly Honkies may suck this up..
They are the ones that should have the snot beat out of them..
Might happen to some of them SOON... let’s hope’’’
Trayvon did not mean to attack Zimmerman and Zimmerman accidently shot him, too. ;)
He is Obama’s Willie Horton.
When have liberals cared about the Truth? Never!
Let us not forget the NBC Reporter Michelle Kosinski caught staging flood by being in a row boat in a foot of water.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRRMV_nDBt4
Hope they get a big FAT lawsuit !
NBC showed deliberate malice in airing the original story with their deceptive editing. Now they’re lying about the deception.
I find it hard to believe that those who are so sensitive when discussing Black or Muslin violence would not have noticed the inflammatory nature of their edit.
Might as well shut down the news department — it’s over. Last one out, turn out the lights.
They had the FBI's help with the FBI stories. Not just the FBI, but the help of Louis Freeh, who leaked the Jewel story to the press. That's Louis Freeh, of Ruby Ridge, Waco, TWA flight 800, Wen Ho Lee, Robert Hanssen, Khobar Towers, personally blocking the Chinese political campaign investigation, Vince Foster . . .
He's currently in charge of Penn State's internal investigation of its own role in the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia coverup.
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