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NBC told this blog today that it would investigate its handling of a piece on the Today show that ham-handedly abridged the conversation between George Zimmerman and a dispatcher in the moments before the death of Trayvon Martin. A statement from NBC: We have launched an internal investigation into the editorial process surrounding this particular story.
Great news right there. As exposed by Fox News and media watchdog site NewsBusters, the Today segment took this approach to a key part of the dispatcher call:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like hes up to no good. He looks black.
Heres how the actual conversation went down:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like hes up to no good. Or hes on drugs or something. Its raining and hes just walking around, looking about.
Dispatcher: OK, and this guy is he black, white or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/nbc-to-do-internal-investigation-on-zimmerman-segment/2012/03/31/gIQAc4HhnS_blog.html
Geez...way to go NBC, the right wing blogs are running into a panic over all this and fears that NBC is trying to incite riots.
(ETA) The segment begins at the 6 minute mark here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/46913502#46867109
apparently NBC News deleted the individual video of the segment.
K Gardner
(14,933 posts)CAPHAVOC
(1,138 posts)Why? Looks bad for NBC. Heads will roll. Not helpful.
robinlynne
(15,481 posts)Spazito
(50,338 posts)including the "assholes" comment as well as the "fucking _oons" comment from Zimmerman. I don't know why but I bet the rightwing wouldn't be crying foul on those edits.
I don't think NBC should have edited it at all and they shouldn't bleep the controversial bits either while they are at it.
dkf
(37,305 posts)That is what is wrong when a case is prosecuted through the media.