NBC News President Insists Zimmerman Edit 'Not a Deliberate Act to Misrepresent'
Following a series of anonymous leaks, NBC has released its first on-the-record statements regarding the internal investigation into its misleading audio clip of George Zimmerman's 9-1-1 call.
According to NBC, the controversial clip, which appeared during its "Today" morning news show, was edited deliberately by the producer to fit within time constraints and not for some other reason. Speaking to Reuters, NBC News president Steve Capus asserted that the individual, who has been fired but whose name has not been disclosed, had made "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call."
The misleading cut removed crucial seconds of Zimmerman's call during which the 9-1-1 operator inquired about the race of the man he was pursuing. In response to the question, Zimmerman stated that he believed the individual was of African extraction. The initial question was removed by NBC News while Zimmerman's answer was included.
To listen to the edited clip and the original, see video below from NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell who first broke the story on the March 29 edition of Fox News's "Hannity" program.
An excerpt from the Reuters story which gives more details into NBC's internal investigation and also credits NewsBusters and Breitbart.com as being instrumental in exposing the network's selective editing:
NBC News's 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. [...]
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.
He said the producer has been fired and "several people" involved were disciplined, though he declined to specify the nature of the disciplinary actions, saying they were internal personnel matters.
Sources at the network told Reuters on Thursday that NBC News executives did not know the emergency call was misleadingly edited until news reports surfaced days later on blogs including newsbusters.org and Breitbart.com. [...]
As part of the investigation, the producer who edited the call was questioned extensively about motivation, and it was determined that the person had cut the video clip down to meet a maximum time requirement for the length of the segment - a common pressure in morning television - and inadvertently edited the call in a way that proved misleading.
NBC News has apologized for the incident, saying in a statement to Reuters earlier this week that there was "an editing error in the production process," but insisting the results of the internal investigation would not be announced publicly.
Capus said that the network "takes its responsibility seriously" and has undertaken rigorous efforts to formalize the editorial safeguards in place at the network.
In a separate incident showing media "synergy" at its worst, NBC's online news arm, MSNBC.com, perpetuated the same false edit in text form which was first exposed by Breitbart.com blogger Dan Riehl. After Riehl pointed out the misinformation, MSNBC.com corrected its story but did not inform readers of the article that a correction had been made until NewsBusters pointed this out March 30.
The repurposing of the misleading clip to an online story suggests the problem is more widespread than what Capus and what NBC have let on, however. What hasn't been revealed to the public is when the truncated call transcript was inserted into the MSNBC.com story which was dated March 21.
The public has also not been informed about the process by which the false Zimmerman transcript was inserted. Clearly there were no time constraints at work in the construction of the web version. Why then was the edited transcript used?
Unfortunately for NBC, despite its best attempts to delay releasing any sort of news until Easter Sunday, the story about this fiasco is going to go on and won't dissipate, due in part to the network's strategy of releasing as little information as possible.
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Comments
"Fake but accurate".
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:36am.
"Fake but accurate".
NBC's response to...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 7:58am.
..."Fair and Balanced"
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
NBC still hasn't apologized
Submitted by pilsener on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:25am.
NBC still hasn't apologized to George Zimmerman! Or retracted any of the commentary that accompanied the false edit.
NBC saved 2 seconds by editting the question out
Submitted by frank14 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 5:28pm.
And the reporter should have intervened immediately when the story caused an international sensation and the focus was on the response Zimmerman made to the editted out question by the 911 operator. That explanation simply is not credible.
It wasn't
Submitted by Okieflyover on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:43am.
Just played on Today show
So this excuse doesn't hold water
I
C'mon now!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:08pm.
It's not like they've been airing dishonest reports for 20 years and rigging up things before they video to present a false image of what really hap....What??
Never Mind.
Sure thing,
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:05am.
Sure thing, meat...................and also, the check's in the mail............and , I won't................ahh, never mind!!!
These dopes haven't figured out that a majority of us are NOT as stupid as they think we are!!!
But...
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:50am.
They ARE as stupid as we think they are.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Tjhey know that the majority
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:38am.
Tjhey know that the majority of the people that watch their networks, from Today to MESSNBC, are stooopid., otherwise they wouldn't be watching.
You speak TROOF,
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:20pm.
You speak TROOF, Rick...............but I don't think that the percentages between the 'stooooooopid' and the rest of us works out in their favor. However, when you add up the stoooooooooopids, along with the ignorant, the uninformed, the apathetic, the dead, the multiple voters, and the imaginary voters - it's too close to call, unfortunatly.
It goes to credibility, IMHO,
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:49am.
It goes to credibility, IMHO, and when that's lost you can't get it back. The MSM has forfeited or abdicated its role as a watchdog over government. Everything Zippy does is either marginalized, lied about, or outright ignored by the so-called 4th Estate.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
I'm sure the attempted coverup was just an accident too
Submitted by DaMav on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:40pm.
hard for me to believe people actually watch these clowns -- you're right, credibility = 0
Note to the teacher.......
Submitted by Herbster on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 5:57am.
.......and the dog ate my homework.......
I had a dog that eat a lot of
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:43am.
I had a dog that eat a lot of homework. Made enough money to buy a dope* and a pack of nabs ever day by renting him out. Most popular dog at our school.
* We called Coke a dope because at one time they put dope, cocaine in them. Then dope became synonomoous with any soft drink. Like you want a dope? Yeah give me Dr Pepper.
Top down leadership
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 6:28am.
NBC is just taking a cue from Dear Leader.
'The (white) police are acting stupidly (arresting a black breaking the law).'
The New Black Panthers are now simply Community Organizers and poll watchers.
'Macaca', a word no one had ever heard, and no one can define, before the Media spread it all over, is racist.
Hispanics who (legally) kill a black are now officially 'white-Hispanic', a term also never before heard.
And the soft genocide of the white race continues.
Neo Panthers
Submitted by mikebromo on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:29am.
Why is it "neo Nazis", but "New Panthers"?
how about an easy one
Submitted by Mutantone on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 6:40am.
did they clear it with the White House first? or was the store given to them that way from the administration?
Oh and by the way....
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 6:44am.
We're not telling you the name of the producer.
" NBC News has apologized for the incident, saying in a statement to Reuters earlier this week that there was "an editing error in the production process," but insisting the results of the internal investigation would not be announced publicly."
They cry for transparency in all things but won't tell the public , their audience who was responsible for this smear. But in the next quote from them they say:
"Capus said that the network "takes its responsibility seriously" and has undertaken rigorous efforts to formalize the editorial safeguards in place at the network."
The network takes it's responsibility seriously. Seriously? When they are affiliated with the most vile mean spirited propaganda machine seen on American air waves ever? By the way we are making rigorous efforts to formalize editorial safeguards. Really? This website is a prime example of your total failure in your previous efforts.
Happy Easter.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Organizations cue from their leaders
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:34pm.
When the leadership lies and deceives, or condones those who do, the members rightly assume that they not only can do the same, but that they will be rewarded for doing so. NBC's corruption is a direct reflection of its leadership.
NBC's alibis fall short, but it's apparent that they believe they merely have to stave off criticism until the headlines bump this story completely off the scope. Anytime someone says that a person(s) responsible has been fired but decline to name them, no one has really been fired.
So
Submitted by panzerakc on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:02pm.
Either the producer was an incompetent boob, and should have been fired long before this bit of video contortion aired, or he did it deliberately.
Which is it?
And as far as the "edited to fit the time allotted" story, isn't it just the oddest thing that the ONLY place the editing could be done just happened to make Mr. Zimmerman look bad.
A lapse in judgment?
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 7:09am.
OK, they needed to edit the tape for time.
And they edited out that the guy looked like he was up to no good, that he was wandering around in the rain, looked like he might be on drugs (I don't know, was he swerving, was he unsteady?). but the part that the editor felt was necessary to the story was the guy's race.
More proof (as if any more needed) that it's LIBERALS who always consider race to be the important characteristic.
I can picture this poor,
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:47am.
I can picture this poor, misunderstood "time editor":
Step 1: "We have the tape. Quick, put it on the air"
Step 2: "Oh, crap. It's too long, especially for such an unimportant event as this. Let's cut everything following Zimmerman's initial statement".
Step 3: "Darn! Now it's too short -- by one second. Doesn't anybody understand the intricacies of on-air presentation? What do I do now?"
Step 4: <Brilliant Idea> "I've got it. Since I only need 1 more second of stuff, I'll just put Zimmerman's 'He looks black' response in. {fiddle...snip...glue...paste}. There. Perfect! Now I've got the full 9 seconds which my network demands. This is great stuff. Everyone will truly appreciate the technical aspects of my editing, won't they?"
...Step 93: <From NBC Executives> "Yeah, that's all it was. A simple technical editing mistake. What's all the fuss? Nothing to see here. What's the next topic. Oh yeah, I see. The election. Well, I think we've learned our lesson. Hire better editors, someone with a keener sense of air time. Then -- back to business as usual".
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
BSNBC!
Submitted by GeneralAl on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 7:14am.
"As part of the investigation, the producer who edited the call was questioned extensively about motivation, and it was determined that the person had cut the video clip down to meet a maximum time requirement for the length of the segment - a common pressure in morning television - and inadvertently edited the call in a way that proved misleading."
This is the lamest excuse I've ever heard! Its like saying "I did it by accident, Mom!" They'll even defend the voter fraud that the Commiecrats will heap upon us in November to keep their token one in the White House!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
So THAT's news?
Submitted by JSchuler on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 7:50am.
If it was edited down for time, then why was "he looks black" included at all? It's a statement in response to a question by the dispatcher about a fact not in dispute, so what's the news value? If the clip was really being edited down for time, that's an exchange that would be first on the chopping block.
NBC
Submitted by Jersey Girl on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:05am.
We believe NBC because they have such a stellar reputation for truthful reporting. Except for those trucks with explosives attached, that is.
Except for all the liars on MSNBC, that is.
Oh wait, maybe 'stellar' isn't the right word for their reputation. Let's ask Maddow or even Olbermann for their opinion.
Let's ask Dan
Submitted by dr-go on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:09pm.
if they are telling the truth 'cause over at CBS Truth, Justice and the American Way are sacrosanct. This inadvertent mistake is but one more example of how we are being governed by the media.
Either Capus is a liar or Brian The Dense is liar.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:06am.
Capus has now "undertaken rigorous efforts to formalize the editorial safeguards"?
Doesn't he know that Williams has already claimed there are multiple layers of 'filters' already in place?
Very Simple Question(s) To The Producer And . . . .
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:06am.
To the senior producer on the staff:
a. How did you determine the piece to be cut and who did you discuss it with?
b. At any point in the discussion, did you acknowledge the piece being cut would
skey the storyline with racial overtones?
c. When the cut was made, who reviewed the clip prior to going on the air.
This is my sense of what occurred:
a. The producer deliberately selected the piece cut for the obvious reasosn.
b. He discussed it with his peers and they agreed it would work.
c.. Worse yet, this is standard operating procedure with these peopel; they're
never identified; rarely accountable to anyone; and sit at their desks laughing
at how easy it is to skey a story and make an impact on the day's news.
If I were the CEO at Comcast, Steve Capus would be out immmediately for his feeble
defense of the indefensible.
I can name that tune in one question
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:44am.
Capus should have asked only one question (the same question Jay Leno asked Hugh Grant):
"What were you thinking?"
NBC is angling for a Putzer Prize
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:15am.
Oops, I meant Pulitzer Prize. I accidentally edited it to fit the constraints of the subject line. I don't know how that happened.
What a bunch of baloney !
Submitted by creekrat on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:22am.
They spend hours and days on the story but have to trim what THEY don't like for time ??? !!!!!
What a pathetic embarrassment
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:28am.
GE needs to step in and clean house if it has any sense whatsoever...the entire news division at NBC is a disgrace and the bigwigs are doing a lousy job at damage control.
What a pathetic embarrassment
Submitted by Herbster on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:40pm.
GE would "Clean house" by sweeping the miscreants over to MSNBC!
Wow
Submitted by optimist on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:33am.
Keep digging that hole NBC. I thought you liberals are supposed to be the pinnacle of intelligence and knowledge, so how is it that you keep doing stuff like this that even a dumb conservative like myself wouldn't do. I think even animals know when to cut their losses.
BTW, how does that liberal intelligence thing work? If I went out and registered as a Democrat today, would my IQ instantly jump 20 points, or is it more of a percentage thing?
If it was simply a mistake,
Submitted by sublight68 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:36am.
If it was simply a mistake, isn't firing an overreaction? Wouldn't a suspension or some other disciplinary action be more appropriate?
No, this was deliberate and intentional. And they know it. Their only hope to make it go away was to show the producer the door and stop any more questions. It's over and done so everyone should just move on now.
A Simple Mistake?
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:20am.
You're kidding right? Let me give you a tutorial on Corporate behavior. When they are caught in a deliberate action that embarasses them, they will fire whomever have to in order to protect their assess. The fact that NBC fired the producer is, in and of it self, an admisstion that their newsroom has become a cess pool of biased reporting. In this particular case, it bordered on being a contributor to a potential riot in Sandford, FL and elsewhere. And while you're thinking this was "just a mistake", ask yourself how in hell MSNBC is allowing Al Sharpton to continue his on-air spiel while being on-site and contributing to the racial stirrings.
I think you should reread my
Submitted by sublight68 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:00pm.
I think you should reread my post as you obviously missed the point.
Isn't attempting to incite a riot a criminal act?
Submitted by xyzzypoofs on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:43am.
After listening to both versions, even liberals would have to admit that this was deliberate. (but of course, they won't).
NBC:
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:40am.
"Let's not fire anybody and say we did. We can always plead internal personnel matters if they get pushy and want names."
accident
Submitted by kinijane on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:58am.
I don't think so, and neither does anyone else, it was deliberate so they could help try and convict Zimmerman in the media, which they did.
accident
Submitted by kinijane on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 9:00am.
I don't think so, and neither does anyone else, it was deliberate so they could help try and convict Zimmerman in the media, which they did.
The editing saved 5 seconds
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 9:01am.
The editing saved 5 seconds of air time. Since we first learned of the tape's existance, how many air-time hours has NBC/MSNBC contributed to the story? One? Three? 30? So, let's say that NBC was correct, initially. It was important to save 5 seconds. But after how many hours of airtime does that savings become irrevelant? When can NBC tell the world: "We can add the 5 seconds back"? When will NBC stop acting like spoiled little punks, and quit thinking they have a right to destroy individuals with their lies and bully tactics? When will COMCAST realize they -- as owners -- have a responsibility that is uniquely entrusted to them through our first ammendment? When?
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
BS
Submitted by fatboy on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 9:54am.
NBC has reached a new level of stupidity thinking we are stupid enough to believe this bull. This proves conclusively that you cannot believe ANYTHING that ANYONE at ANYTIME has to say from the Obama-loving state-run media.
Keep the pressure on NB...you're doing a fantastic job!
In other news...
Submitted by Dan Diego on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:22am.
MSNBC is proud to welcome a highly talented, creative "un-named" producer to it's staff.
NBC's Dan Rather Moment
Submitted by libBuster on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:34am.
With this flimsy excuse, Capus has painted NBC and its lawyers into a corner should Zimmerman file a lawsuit. Even if the Sullivan public figure standard applies to Zimmerman, a good trial lawyer should be able to utterly destroy the Capus excuse.
Capus should be asked to leave NBC, along with all those associated with the segment. Any statement by NBC should have been written can carefully reviewed by lawyers.
taking applications from miners
Submitted by Rousse on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:39am.
The head of NBC's news division is actually a mining engineer, so he dug a nice mile-deep mine shaft for the company to operate in.
Yep, just another
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:43am.
Yep, just another "shovel-ready" project for NBC.....
Individuals responsible 4 this laughable excuse should be fired
Submitted by krendler on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:47am.
This copout is as offensive and insulting as the original transgression.
"No big deal folks. Just a slip up. Whoopsie! Nothing intentional. No harm. No foul. No agenda involved (despite the fact that our entire network reeks of Agenda 24/7)."
This would be criminal on the "commentary" side of NBC (MS-NBC), let alone what the network calls their hard "news" division.
Worse than CBS' Rathergate, imo, as the doctored material was created in-house.
And then they come out with this lame, insulting, sophomoric excuse.
NBC pandering to their base...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:01am.
...of morons who actually eat this crap up.
This morning out here in Seattle, 3000 miles from Sanford, FL, I heard of a "white-white" family up north who had the bad luck of having the last name of "Zimmerman" being harassed by some "Einsteen" who thought they might be related. After the sixth obscene phone call, you would think he might clue in.
Yes, it was just because of time constraints,
Submitted by dyardley on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:03am.
and I am deaf, dumb, blind and dead. I may someday believe the lib media again but it probably won't be in this lifetime. They just keep digging the hole deeper and deeper.
After the countless
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:13am.
lies, distortions and misrepresentations from NBC, and they allow race pimp Al "Resist.We.Much." Sharpton to go to Florida to incite domestic terrorism, it all comes down to credibility.
NBC has none
That is all!!
Compound Lie
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:21am.
Lie about the lie to protect the lie. Only Leftists do it, and get away with it. Time for that to end.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
What? No blaming it on Bush, the Tea Party or Fox News?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:43am.
That's their lie and they're sticking to it. Completely expected from propaganda organization owned lock, stock and barrel editorially from Jay Carney's office and controlled by a malignant narcissist.
So now we know why Obama was
Submitted by Jerry on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:45am.
So now we know why Obama was never vetted... there just wasn't enough time.
Jerimiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky, Chicago politics, illegal immigrant aunt, illegal drunken uncle, lack of qualifications, etc... all on the cutting room floor.
Time Constraint
Submitted by Reggie on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:59am.
Total BS - If the time constraint explanation is true, firing the guy (or gal) was wrong and probably actionable. The edit was deliberate.
Capus is full of beans. NBC
Submitted by celator on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:04pm.
Capus is full of beans. NBC has a history of fake news--the GM story, etc. There is no way that the edited tape of Zimmerman "just happened". It had to be a conscious, willing series of steps to achieve what NBC wanted to portray. Period.
What a load of crap! Of
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:10pm.
What a load of crap! Of course they did it deliberately. Yellow journalism is not dead, not by a long shot!
How do we know?
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:40pm.
With as many lies as spew forth from NBC (and other media outlets) how do we really know anyone actually was fired?
All the tap dancing the network has done around this incident easily can be construed as this "firing" is just another smokescreen to deflect criticism. "Someone" was fired. No name. "Others" were disciplined. No names. Sounds exactly like the "some people say," "many believe" and "there are those who" dodges used by the news media to (try to) cover their bias.
nbc
Submitted by samnich on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:59pm.
They did the same excuse when they removed "under God" from the pledge of allegience during the us open golf tournament last year.
Why the secrecy on the producer that did it?
Submitted by krendler on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:20pm.
I guess we're not going to see Spike Lee tweeting the person's home address?
The "apology": Would have loved to see these imbeciles sitting around the table discussing what to do: "So how the hell should we word this?"
And what about the "reporter", Ron Allen? I guess we're to believe he was completely out of the loop - lol. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he was standing right there saying, "yeah, that's good. I like it."
Capus
Submitted by mmilesll on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:17pm.
This pompous ass should be fired. How dumb does he think we are? He knows exactly what happened, his "unbiased" news department did what it always does-idealogy first. The extremely liberal bias of NBC starts at the top, Roberts-head of Comcast is a big nobama supporter and in his far left liberal mind he sees nothing wrong-who do you think lets MSNBC get away with all the far left liberal crap they spew.
Uhhhhh.....
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:38pm.
Well--he would say that, wouldn't he??
I'm so over NBC
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:45pm.
I wouldn't depend on NBC for news about a treed cat. The truth be known, they're only marginally worse than their cohorts in the LSM. How much editing and activism has been going on at ABC, CBS, and CNN? When they get caught, it just disappears, yet the damage, once it airs, is already done.
These networks are directly responsible for the level of racial tension now going on throughout the country and they really need to accept responsiblity for what they've done and then do something to try and diffuse it, although it's way too late for that.
NBC however, has been the chief culprit, not only with their hit-job editing, but also letting Sharpton do his political agitation on their airwaves. Isn't it strange that, when this is all over, one of the few people left with any credibility will be George Zimmerman.
I hope Zimmerman sues NBC out of business
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:03pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
~In a remarkable coincidence
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:06pm.
the 'mistake' just happened to further the media narrative. Kinda like how the bank always makes 'mistakes' in it's own favor.
If I've heard it once....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:20pm.
The talking heads and pundits in the MSM have a favorite saying: "It's not the crime, it's the cover up". Apparently the MSM has the same standards as Congress. Whatever they say, doesn't apply the themselves.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Right on the Head
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:43pm.
Didn't the Watergate et alia scandals of the past prove this point. NBC has now dug themselves a deeper whole by not being transparent and selling half truths and covering the ass of someone. "Release the Tapes."
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Until we get a name NO producer was fired!!
Submitted by gopcongress on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:34pm.
I will state this: NO producer was fired!!
If a producer was fired, we would have heard about his name by now. He would be bitching and moaning to the heavens, and even naming names. Therefore, I do NOT BELIEVE ONE WORD from NBC.
My contention is that the NBC brass KNEW what was going to happen, and once the ensuing fallout occurred over the tape, they had their stories, lame as they are, at the ready.
Note how they say a bunch of staff were disciplined. Yet, no names out of THOSE people either!
I accuse NBC of LYING about the disposition of employees regarding the Zimmerman tape massacre.
Matthew, can you use your contacts to find out names? In addition, this is another Media Mash segment waiting to happen for Brent and Sean.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Yes, you'd think at this point even the cleaning crew would know
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:40pm.
And although I have not seen anything yet, I'm kinda shocked that no one (like say the Breitbart crew) has publicly offered a reward for divulging the name.
I don't know, an extremely
Submitted by Dan Diego on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:18pm.
I don't know, an extremely large severance package and a plum position in one of Soro's smear organizations may buy the silence of a true believer.
If the editor made "a mistake
Submitted by cristo on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:38pm.
If the editor made "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," why was he fired?
Not Deliberate
Submitted by SaguaroJack on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:59pm.
'Not a Deliberate Act to Misrepresent'
And Hitler didn't mean for all them Jews to die, it just sorta accidentally came out that way, wasn't his fault, don't blame him, gee.
NBC NBC NBC
Submitted by Lamdog on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:53pm.
Liar Liar pants on fire... The real question NBC should be asking is what type of culture they developed where an employee be one, two or even three knowing edit a tape and expected that no was gonna catch it. We recognize the main stream has sold their sold to Democrat party but come on now. The edit was in the middle of the recording, not the end or beginning in the middle. This was a concerted effort to slant the news. My how the peacock has fallen....
NBC. . .
Submitted by rick.bren on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:35pm.
. . . the Nothing But Crap network. Their past editorial "integrity" is only highlighted by this "mistake."
MSNBC thinks its viewers are stupid
Submitted by DaMav on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:35pm.
Haven't watched their lefty spin in years; mebbe they're right.
Okay, Mr. Capus, how about
Submitted by HelloDare on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:42pm.
Okay, Mr. Capus, how about MSNBC and your farm team of race baiters? They make "mistakes" all the time.
"Ed Schultz Edits Rick Perry to Falsely Accuse Him of Making Racist Remark About Obama"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/08/16/ed-schultz-edits-r...
Not deliberate
Submitted by Mike009 on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:47pm.
"Not a deliberate act to misrepresent..." Yeah, right. Just like when I'm in the checkout lane at the market and the scanner "accidentally" charges the wrong price -- somehow I'm never undercharged...
BS
Submitted by Bodini on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 4:47pm.
BS
The media is at it again:
Submitted by tobiasdog on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 5:15pm.
The media is at it again: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/08/us/oklahoma-shootings/index.html
Take a look at the picture of Jake England, the report describes him as "white" judge for yourself.
Name of producer?
Submitted by bentonbain on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 5:56pm.
Put the name, current picture, telephone number, address of this so called producer that NBC fired on the internet, television, and newspapers.
That would make it fare play!
Trayvon and Tawana
Submitted by berlet98 on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 12:07pm.
Trayvon and Tawana
The mainstream media just love scandals whether they have any basis in fact or not. If those scandals involve race or sex, all the better. If they have both, it’s a bonanza. If they serve to perpetuate racial division, it’s orgasmic!
Scandalous rumors sell papers and entice viewers to tune in and instigate many to use up their copious spare time by taking to the streets and protesting, regardless of whether they understand the issues or not. It’s something to do.
In view of what rumors tend to arouse the demonstrators and cause them to protest, wave placards, and chant mindless slogans, their protests should be classified as expressions of selective indignation since not all terrible reports bother them in the least.
For example, frequent and verifiable news stories of African-Americans brutally attacking and killing Caucasians or blacks murdering their fellow blacks never bring out slews of blacks to march and condemn the violence which is tearing apart the black community as well as the fabric of American society.
I guess there is just so much time for agitators to stage demonstrations and protestors to protest and certain violence doesn’t merit attention from them–or from the national media.
Phony scandals inciting mindless protesting has become one of America’s favorite outdoor sports. The Trayvon Martin affair is the latest divertissement for the protesting class but it is hardly the first example of selective indignation and certainly will not be the last.
The chief problem with African-American upheavals is that they have so often been proven to be outrageous lies.
The jury is still out on the Trayvon Martin affair. Black race-hucksters have already tried, convicted, and sentenced George Zimmerman to death in a rush to publicity but the truth of that tragedy is slowly leaking out that Trayvon Martin was hardly an innocent saint and George Zimmerman is far from a racist demon, despite initial MSM reports to the contrary.
Eyewitnesses have confirmed that Martin assaulted Zimmerman and uttered death threats and he is alleged to have been a low-life, drug-pushing thief and gang-banger.
Both blacks and whites have defended Zimmerman, he is on record as lodging a racism complaint against the same white cops who responded to the scene of the shooting, and ABC and NBC have admitted they intentionally doctored reports and audio tapes to falsely show he is a racist.
The networks never admitted their unethical, biased purpose of sanctifying Martin and crucifying Zimmerman in the interests of political correctness and placating black demagogues.
When the Florida special prosecutor announces the results of her findings, the hucksters will no doubt reject the truth just as they denied the realities in the notorious cases of Tawana Brawley of Wappingers Falls, New York and Crystal Gail Mangum of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Agitation always trumps reality for race-baiters.
In the event Tawana’s racist fabrications have been forgotten, back on November 27th, 1987, 15 year old Tawana simply had to see a former boyfriend, Todd Buxton, then a prisoner in a local jail. As any self-respecting teenage girl would do, she skipped school and took a bus to visit him.
Four days later, Tawana returned and was seen secreting herself in a large green garbage bag. When she was finally “rescued,” her clothing was ripped, torn, burned, and covered with feces and and “KKK,” “NIGGER” and “BITCH” were emblazoned on her chest and torso.
Tawana claimed she had been “abducted by several white men shortly after she got off the bus; the men, one of whom wore a badge, took her to a wooded area and sexually abused her over a period of several days.” Amazingly she was unable to identify any of her attackers who had repeatedly raped and sexually abused her for four days. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=20883.)
Based upon personal
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 2:54pm.
Based upon personal experience in television media I don't buy NBC's "excuse" of error.
NBC News President's Lie
Submitted by 1611 LilacLady on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 3:12pm.
Oh yeah, right. And snowballs wouldn't melt in Hell.