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‘He Looks Black’: NBC Launches Internal Investigation into Selective Editing of Zimmerman Police Tape

Mar. 31, 2012 8:55pm Erica Ritz

NBC has revealed that it is launching an internal investigation into the “editing process” surrounding the conversation between George Zimmerman and a police dispatcher (shortly before Trayvon Martin was shot), where Zimmerman appears to volunteer racial information.

Exposed by Fox News and Newsbusters, NBC played the conversation on the “Today Show” as: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”

The unabridged version is:

Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.

Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?

Zimmerman: He looks black.

Erik Wemple of the Washington Post noted:

The difference between what ‘Today’ put on its air and the actual tape? Complete: In the ‘Today’ version, Zimmerman volunteered that this person ‘looks black,’ a sequence of events that would more readily paint Zimmerman as a racial profiler. In reality’s version, Zimmerman simply answered a question about the race of the person whom he was reporting to the police. Nothing prejudicial at all in responding to such an inquiry.

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And it’s a falsehood with repercussions. Much of the public discussion over the past week has settled on how conflicting facts and interpretations call into question whether Zimmerman acted justifiably or criminally. That’s a process that’ll continue. But one set of facts in the is ironclad, and that’s the back-and-forth between Zimmerman and the dispatcher. To portray that exchange in a way that wrongs Zimmerman is high editorial malpractice well worthy of the investigation that NBC is now mounting.

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smartdude
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:15am
“NBC Launches Internal Investigation”

Oh yeah, a real in depth effort, I am sure.

Why would anyone sane ever watch NBC or MSNBC in the first place?

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sillyfreshness
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:14am
Another example of how the Jewish controlled media is trying to get a race war going with their selective editing. The goal? To paint all white people as racists and all blacks as innocent victims.

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ohioscott
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:09am
I can’t believe these types of stories go national…both the liberals and conservative media outlets are guilty of playing up these local stories into national on-going news. This all started with the ratings that OJ Simpson got…and while that was a national story, it paved the way for the media to jump on anything they could milk ratings with. Since then we have had numerous stories go national like Jonbenet Ramsey, Scott Peterson, Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, etc., stories that while tragic, would have remained local years ago. Anyways, end of rant…I feel better now :-)

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wdittgasn
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:58am
what I can not understand is how do these CONGRESS PEOPLE get elected in the first place? They are a shame! They are a thousand times worse of being racist than Zimmerman ever could be!!!

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RosePurple
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:44am
The question to be asked here is, ‘WHO TOLD NBC TO REPORT A FALSE REPORT”?

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- smartdude
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:28am
  The White House meets regularly with its corrupt operatives in the legacy newspapers, broadcast news and cable news. There is also Jornolist-type very rapid coordination of Obama Regime instructions on how to shape or create story lines, so that it seems like real news.
  
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Warm In The Desert
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:37am
NBC continues in their long, well rehearsed art of presstitution.

Peacock my arse….more like poppycock and farce.

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Carl1 Supports Israel
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:36am
You really have to have a mental disorder to watch msnbc or nbc. NBC = Nazi Bullchit Channel.

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abbygirl1994
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:30am
Of course the dispatcher is going to ask what color.. thats what they have to do… This is stupid absolutely stupid!! What is he suppose to say.. well he has curly ****.. an is wearing blue shoes.. any good dispatcher will ask what color the perp is!

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BDL1980
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:28am
So this is the shaping up now to be another http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell

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screw
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:25am
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RaceBaitGate

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- screw
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:11am
  It isn’t the first time. Remember this?
  
  MSNBC Turns Black Man With Gun At Obama Rally Into White Man
  August 20, 2009
  
  “An African American man showed up at President Obama’s health care rally in Arizona (Aug. 17) carrying an AR 15 assault rifle and a pistol and MSNBC reporters edited footage and spun the story in order to make its viewers believe that the armed man was white as opposed to being black.”
  
  http://www.nowpublic.com/world/msnbc-turns-black-man-gun-obama-rally-white-man
  
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RougeFastFingers
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:14am
If Al Sharpton demands something, you know automatically the facts are scrambled.

He is a low life and race baiter, who had to pay damages in court after the last time he tried this kind of thing with a black teen named twana Brawley.

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Inlightofthings
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:01am
Journalistic malpractice. Regardless of your position, GZ I think has many civil suits to be filed on many levels. If he is not guilty, and I guess even if he is he has been slandered, defamed, libeled, threatened, harassed, assaulted….you name it.

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Dougalug
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:57pm
Blacks are their own worst enemies… just look at the statistics…..

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1jackfrost1
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:56pm
More gashes, redness, and a swollen nose uncovered?
These are some still shots of the gov video (which was clearer then the ABC version.)
makes you wand to go hmmmm. The link is a facebook page to the first image.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108285425971816&set=a.108284969305195.10662.100003710773159&type=3&theater

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- 1jackfrost1
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:01am
  The video is still not high def to know what the details are, and should be taken lightly for the court to decide with actual evidence is. There is too much Hysteria about making conclusions when we do not know the facts.
  
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hogtrashhd
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:48pm
oh shet.. come on.. they better be launching investigations into a big majority of their “reporting”.. but it does seem that they and many of the libs are getting a little jumpy doesn’t it… their days are done and they frigging know it.. all alone and done.. ask olbermann , rosie and the rest of the guttersnipes.. the days of them freely spewing their hate are OVER.. and they’re running for cover.. ding dong the witches are DEAD.. it’s about time after what they’ve tried to do to this country… they need to be hanged for treason.. oh it’s delicious…they were like satan laughing in the moonlight.. well now they’re in the sunlight the best damn disinfectant ever created.. wish Breitbart was here to enjoy it with us..

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1947
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:41pm
You belong to OBAMA

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dukeofpaducah
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:40pm
So he looks black. So What?
Can’t describe what the hell you see anymore?
This is getting ridiculous.

I see a strange guy
Q: What’s he look like?
A: Can’t tell you, I don’t want to be accused of racial profiling.

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blackyb
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:37pm
Where is me post?

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barber2
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:23pm
Greatest bit of “justice” will be if this Sharpton / Jackson/ New Black Panther / Democrat orchestrated racial Hate protest blows up in their faces. Am sure that these Black- Power Marxist Racists figured that the name Zimmerman was ” Jewish ( our Lefties hate Israel ) and he lived in a ” gated community ” ( code word for old, rich, probably Jewish guy ) so they started their usual Media- Hate Slam with the images of the 12 year old Martin.
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strawberry411a
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:05pm
Americans absolutely can NOT trust the media in any form. It isn’t even clear what they gain from the lies they spread daily. When this country goes WE ALL GO!!

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merik59
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:04pm
NBC mounting an investigation? Is that anything like pumping the neighborhood dog or cat? Because that’s what it sounds like to me. These people all have egg on their faces & that’s a fact. I believe they are going to find Zimmerman innocent of any criminal charges & that is as it should be. I for one am tired of gang-bangers & hoodlums of any color. You want to behave like an idiot around a security guy armed with a gun, then you might just get shot & killed for your stupid choices. That’s what it comes down to-Stupid choices. At the very least Trayvon Martin was a wannabe tough guy, at the worst he was already a criminal on the loose & just hadn’t gotten caught yet. So who’s the idiot here? The guy trying to do his job or the stupid kid making bad choices? Black Americans need to find another justifiable reason to get upset. Their boy in DC is not doing his job & not doing right by them let alone the rest of the nation. But then that would be admitting they’re nothing but a bunch of dumb bigots & racists. So be it. Their choice. Their stupid choice. Yes, history does surely repeat itself. So sad, too bad, be mad… Just do it somewhere else, please. Because this country has more serious concerns right now than to worry about another black criminal shot down in the midst of a crime.

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Just in time
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 10:55pm
They are also ignoreing the fact that George was a minority. He also has black relatives

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- JustMeHere_01
  Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:07pm
  That is strange isn’t it. The leftwing media so much wants this to be a racial issue that they overlook the fact of Zimmerman being an Hispanic and claim him to be of white descent.
  
  Nothing will deny this press coverage of anything other than to start a racial war. This is what this Administration wants and this is what the leftwing media will give him.
  
  It is a sad day when most news outlets will drive this country into the ground. They want a war so bad they can taste it. they assume that when all is said and done that their side will emerge as the victor. Who knows.
  
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TJexcite
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 10:52pm
If big if Zimmerman does have a chance to sue NBC all that money would just go to the Martin family when they sue him for wrongful death. That settlement would make the mega power ball payout is small in comparison.

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- blackyb
  Posted on March 31, 2012 at 11:38pm
  There was no wrongful death.
  
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- TJexcite
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:32am
  If a criminal court finds self-defense and he is free to walk the civil court will still find pain and suffering done to the Martin family by Zimmerman’s action and pay day will follow. If the court finds guilty of murder he will spend a long time in jail. So either he is in jail or the poor house.
  
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- bristoltrucker
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:21am
  You can’t have wrongful death if your taking of the other person’s life was legally justified as self defense. Self defense means that the person you shot and killed was the one at fault for their own death. You may have been the one to have pulled the trigger, but they are the party responsible.
  
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- TJexcite
  Posted on April 1, 2012 at 2:34pm
  A criminal court and jury may take the self-defense claim and show him not guilty But a civil court may not take that and award punitive damages to the family of Martin. This is all of 2 years away if ever. The say way OJ Simpson was found not guilty in criminal he was found guilty in civil and that was not self-defense but full murder charge. How they found him not guilty of murder but responsible for the deaths is that same why they will find Zimmerman not guilty of his murder but responsible for his death.
  
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Richard_FL
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 10:48pm
I think it is about time that the FFC starts to yank a few broadcast licenses for this pathetic display of deceit and out right lies that are being passed off as news…………….they are nothing but a pathetic bunch of over paid elitists that will stop at NOTHING to try and sell their political agenda.

Fire them all and the country will be that much better off………….sickening!!!

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barber2
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 10:42pm
And who chose the photo of about a 12 year old Martin which was shown in the media for days ? Oh, just a co-incidence ? Only photo available ? So many interesting media questions…

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