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.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Capus, please send us a list of all the folks you have fired for making mistakes over the years.
Also, please send us a list of all the folks you have fired for falsifying stories.
Should be interesting for all of your viewers!
hmmm... Ed Schultz selective editing of Rick Perry was “a mistake”
The 90 year old war veteran husband was beaten and his jaw broken. He was shot in the face numerous times with a BB gun and sent to the hospital in critical condition.
The 85 year old partially blind wife was RAPED and then BEATEN TO DEATH.
Can you just imagine the pain, the humiliation, the horror that dear old lady experienced being gang raped by that pack of feral animals?
(the autopsy states she was raped. Dont think all of these animals didnt all participate)
And can you imagine the pain, the horror of that dear old husband having to witness this?
Theres a lot more involved here than a home invasion and robbery.
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES OF A RACIAL HATE CRIME??
90 year old husbands jaw broken and shot in face with a BB gun numerous times?
85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death??
Why does it take a foreign press to enlighten America as to this henious crime?
Where is the outrage?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117695/Brutal-home-invasion-Oklahoma-couple-ends-65-year-romance-meeting-blind-date.html
Good to remind people, NoLibZone.
This is completely discrediting the old dinosaur media. On it’s face, just a local matter, right? No, it’s a nation-wide meltdown. The old media’s creds are worse than ever now, and this will cause a sea change — what media will people trust from now on? MILLIONS of people are being made fools of, including the President!
0bobo has always been a fool but I don't think he was tricked here. He knew what he was doing.
Now check this story out.
Taco Bell Shooting Victim was Holding Leash, Not Weapon (Black man shoots unarmed Hispanic)
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