Since NBC News was publicly embarrassed for releasing an altered (and misleading) version of George Zimmerman’s 911 call to police the night he shot Trayvon Martin, the network has taken several steps to try to rectify their lost credibility. The most recent casualty of such behavior has been the producer responsible for doctoring the tape, according to the New York Times:
NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida.
The person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action who declined to be identified discussing internal company matters. They also declined to name the fired producer. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment.[...]
The people with direct knowledge of the firing characterized the misleading edit as a mistake, not a purposeful act.
The producer’s name has yet to surface. Because of this, Newsbusters, who originally caught the misleading edit, has made it quite clear that NBC is still on the short list of networks not to be trusted:
While NBC has taken a good first step toward rectifying the situation, until the network releases the name of the person and explains its theory that the edit was not deliberate, its credibility is still under question.
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Free2speakRN
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:53pmHave they apologized on the station yet?? If so how many times, and when? 3:00 AM, if at all?
That was no mistake. It is in line with their character. To whom was the apology addressed? Zimmerman, their NBC audience, the mob; ‘nobody’, only because they had no other choice? Who said ‘Run it anyway’?
That they are sorry to have gotten caught, is the only pain in their heart. I trust them less. It would never have been corrected if it wasn’t made public, and more so because they stirred up hate and violence. Know-it-alls. When they make as much to do with the ‘mistake’ as they did before they ‘discovered’ the ‘mistake’, I’ll gladly lighten up. It’s up to them.
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pschlentz
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:21pmI never trust NBC and the like. This doesn’t surprise me one bit, they deserve the lack of respect and lack of trust that I’ve felt for them for years!
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lukerw
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:45pmThe NetWorks… are all alike… in having a Liberal Policy, promoting Liberals from the best Liberal Schools… picking out ScapeGoats and replacing them with other Liberals. So, shame never sticks to them!
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joe conservative
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:58pmThe lamestream media has just become so pathetic. I talked to a liberal friend today who thought that the Sanfoed police shot Trayvon Martin because of his race. These are the type of people who will be voting for Obama. The media today would make Goebles blush in comparison. These are the same people who hate capitalism. This video is a must watch for all who care about this country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW9-6m6dKZw
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ginger3350
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:00amNBC has been on my list of news sources that are not to be trusted for a long time. Until journalists actually report the truth without their own agenda behind it I will not indulge them with my time. I prefer other news sources that tackle hard issues and do not go with what seems to be the popular opinion. Bryan Williams is such a hack that I can’t stand to see his crooked face. His face matches his character. If you watch him he has to hold his head at an angle to appear normal. Just plain weird.
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GeorgieJo
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:10amGE-LSD-NBC is FULL of sniveling Obummer fans.
FIRE that loser Lauer.
Brian Williams is SO out of touch.
NBC=Nothing but CRAP
OMG 2012
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thepatriotdave
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:11am“The people with direct knowledge of the firing characterized the misleading edit as a mistake, not a purposeful act.”
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Sure, right, uh-huh, I believe them don’t you? I think it’s insulting that they think their viewers are that stupid. Well…. if they are Dems maybe they are THAT STUPID!
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1947
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:22amWhy did they firer the individual he was only doing his JOB….Ask Obama
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Jaycen
Apr. 7, 2012 at 1:22amThe producer will be “recycled”. He’ll be hired on to another NBC affiliate, or another of GE’s many companies, and he’ll continue “fighting the good fight” in a different position.
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hidden_lion
Apr. 7, 2012 at 4:23amZimmerman needs to sue them. Their spin put him in danger and slandered his character.
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TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Apr. 7, 2012 at 5:08amwhere is the outrage from when Glenn Beck edited the Rachel Maddow clip? He claimed Rachel edited the clip but in doing so he edited her words in an attempt to turn things against her
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SLAPTHELEFT
Apr. 7, 2012 at 7:16amWhere were you? Where were you? Where were you?
Dude is that the best you can do? Where were you when all the lefties were crying about the patriot act? Where are you now? Where were you when bush was being blamed for high oil prices? Where are you now? Where were you when lefties cried about all of the wars? Where are you now? Where were you when Sarah plain was blamed for someone being shot? Where are you now?
See, we can do this all day. Alll damn day. Your words are cover for what you know in your heart is dead wrong. If you spent half of your life seeking truth you wouldn’t ask these questions, you’d know the answers. But you little commies are motivated by jealousy hate and envy. You make excuses for corruption, lies, and evil while asking others where they were?
Get your sorry a$$ back under a tarp. Tool.
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HKS
Apr. 7, 2012 at 7:51amI personally think Zimmerman and his family are going to be rich folks soon. This was nothing short of a “media character assassination with deadly implications” that should be worth millions with the right council. I would also think that every network that joined in on that bandwagon is liable as well. He should have checks coming from many angles on this one.
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changedone
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:03amNBC has a long history of distorting the news. Remember when GM had a problem back in the 1990′s with side mounted gas tanks on trucks exploding upon vehicular impact? To illustate how bad the problem was, NBC producers attached explosive devices to gas tanks of GM trucks, so when the staged accidents were filmed, the truck would explode in a spectacular fireball. When they got caught, they staged an apology about how they were sorry if any viewer was misled by their actions.
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RJJinGadsden
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:12amJAYCEN, I would expect Media Matters to grab him right away. He apparently fits in with their agenda.
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HKS
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:39amIt would be interesting to know which of their other networks re-hired him. That’s how that works. Sorta like Acorn, just change the name, same people.
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rangerp
Apr. 7, 2012 at 9:39am“the network has taken several steps to try to rectify their lost credibility”- when did they ever have credibility.
I do not watch Fox News, but I am glad it is out there. It is a continious thorn in the side of the MSM. Fox is playing the tapes, doing stories, and going where others dont, shedding light where other news sources will not go. So at work, when people are talking in the break room about the latest “big news”, those that watch Fox have a side to stories that the rest do not. Fox is the only news that is gong to tell you about ACORN, Union violence, voter fraud, and they are going to show sides of stores in such as the Zimmerman and Martin story that the other news will not show.
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spotcoon
Apr. 7, 2012 at 9:58amIf you’re behind in paying your Comcast programming bill, WELL, shake it up!
You know you’re buying the ‘bamhole’s re-election. (Mamabama needs a new pair of shooz!)
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Ruler4You
Apr. 7, 2012 at 10:18amPlease! First the POTUS pandering and now NBC? This “IS” getting a little maudlin.
You want to show some “even temperament?” Fire that professional provocateur Al Sharpton.
He has a ‘show’ and a ‘podium’? from which he spews racial hatred? and msnbc suborns that? Sorry. This “IS” only pandering. NBC has no intention of EVER regaining any journalistic credibility.
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Judy72204
Apr. 7, 2012 at 10:41amI thoroughly agree. I was an ardent watcher of the Today show from forever until it was very obvious they had changed in their attitude towards fair and unbiased reporting. They never vetted Obama but villified Sarah Palin without any justification for what they were saying.
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Secret Squirrel
Apr. 7, 2012 at 11:04am.
The producer got fired for getting caught.
Are you going to tell me that the network that hired Al Sharpton, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell, and run by Obama Job czar Jeffery Immelt, suddenly got ethics?
Don’t pee on me and say it’s raining.
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Basharr
Apr. 7, 2012 at 1:51pmhttp://basharr.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/nbc-knowingly-airs-doctored-zimmerman-911-tape/
You know the one thing we can always count on is NBC coming up on the wrong side of truth.
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bmwrider
Apr. 7, 2012 at 2:31pmGod fired breitbart for selectively editing the Sherrod tape.
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drbage
Apr. 7, 2012 at 3:24pm1. Brian Williams has certainly led off any newscasts with the apology.
2. I believe that it was a “mistake” as much as I believe that Hilary made a mistake when talking about facing gunfire in Bosnia, Haughty John Kerry and his service in VietNam, the new senator from Connecticut with his military service, and on and on and on. The left NEVER lies, they misspeak, or are misunderstood, misquoted, or misinterpreted (a la Liar Boy Jay Carney explaining the “law professor” Obama’s comments re the Supreme Court and Obamacare).
3. IF the Nothing, but Barack Channel aka NBC has fired someone why will they not divulge the person’s name?
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pavepaws
Apr. 7, 2012 at 3:29pmFound someone to take it for the team, how nice.
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Smokey_Bojangles
Apr. 7, 2012 at 4:38pmWas a Fictitious Producer.NBC Knew what it was doing.I bet no one was fired.”..They also declined to name the fired producer. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment.[...]
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-obamas-reserve-tv-cameos-for-top-donors/
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Mil Mom
Apr. 7, 2012 at 7:08pmI wonder if they’ll apologize to the 72 yr. old Toledo, OH man who was attacked by the group of teens while walking home from a gas station near his house. They drop kicked and punched him until chased away and he said they told him it was “for Trayvon”! How about all the violence and looting they stirred up in FL by doing so, are they going to pay for the looting, and the medical/counseling bills for anyone injured? How about the older couple who’s address was given out by Spike Lee, are they going to convince him to help him pay for their security and expenses while they were afraid to go home, AND THEY’RE COUNSELING AND ANY MEDICAL CAUSED BY THE VIOLENCE THEY STIRRED UP? When they accept total responsibility for the hate that was stirred up and actively work to quell it, them may gain credibility!
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Cavy from VA
Apr. 8, 2012 at 12:12amTrust NBC News????? Didn’t trust them to begin with … this is just one more blatant piece of their bias and proves they are untrustworthy!
TEA!!!
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robert
Apr. 8, 2012 at 9:58amJaycen
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:22am
“The producer will be “recycled”. He’ll be hired on to another NBC affiliate, or another of GE’s many companies, and he’ll continue “fighting the good fight” in a different position.”
The only people who would hire damaged goods are ones who don’t have a penny to their names and wouldn’t care if they got sued.
And by referring to “fighting the good fight,” what you really mean is that lying, manipulation, and false charges are the norm for people like you.
Better crawl back under your rock or get back in the closet, because this empire is in the process of imploding.
It’s unsustainable socially AND financially.
That reality will be slammed into your face pretty soon.
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Bluebonnet
Apr. 8, 2012 at 12:10pmWhatever! The whole thing’s a sham. Can’t trust the evening news, really can’t trust newspapers.
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Lucy Larue
Apr. 8, 2012 at 7:11pmFREETOSPEAKRN,
After all are done venting her please sashay on over to the NBC website. Scroll down to contact. Send them an E mail that you’re NOT buying their bogus firing of an anonymous producer. Please DEMAND they tell the truth. Merci.
We must let THEM no they will not get away with this!
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Bobsbride
Apr. 20, 2012 at 2:26pmI completely agree with you.
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cuinsong
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:47pmI trust them to lie their way out of this lie and then lie about lying in the first place until nobody can tell which lie was the original lie therefore no lie can be proved so they are not guilty of telling any lies at all!
In other words we didn’t do anything wrong and even if we did you can’t prove it!
This is right out of NObamas’ play book.
lie about everything then nobody can tell when you are lying because their is no truth to compare with and that’s the lying truth.
Which brings me to this song “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
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RJJinGadsden
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:19amRush reported yesterday afternoon that NBC had discovered the responsible party and that he was a senior producer. And, that NBC was doing an in house reprimand only and would not release his identity to the public. They must have fired him late yesterday taking their lead from the White House’s standard Friday evening data dump in hopes of having very little discovery. I still can’t believe that there are those with NBC still trying to label this as a mistake and unintentional. There is just no way that was unintentional.
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countryfirst
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:32amThe producer was just following the White house orders, He or she will be fine. A new job creating Obama propaganda is on the way.
I refuse to watch any of what used to be the big three.
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Lone Ranger
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:45pmI have NEVER trusted NBC news. This is another example of how stupid liberals think we are. I’ve edited audio and video since the razor blade and tape days and I know that something like this cannot happen by mistake. We need to keep hounding NBC until they tell the WHOLE truth.
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13th Imam
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:44pmLets See,
No one knows his/her name.
The Barry campaign is looking for editors for its election smear machine.
The damage is done. They feel Editor X has done their dirty work.
Foot soldiers for the DEMOCRAT Crime Family are rewarded, until they are finally useless and are thrown under the bus.
Win, Win for the DEMOCRAT PARTY and their Lame Stream Media Branch , in this case NBC
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Salamander
Apr. 7, 2012 at 8:59amYeah, they don’t name names, but Zimmerman has to suffer the consequences of their treachery/mistake!
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seeker9
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:44pmDidn’t BHO say msnbc was doing the country a great service? Abou a year ago if I remember correctly.
On to Sharpton. His “expert investigation” didn’t uncover this “error”? Fire him!
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wakeus_com
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:42pmYou lie!
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GoodStuff
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:00pmAnother victory for the New Media!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sunnyblack
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:39pmThis producer is probably going to get hired by MSNBC with a bonus.
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marine249
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:47pmthat’s what I was thinking
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spirited
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:02amOr,
[;^> Current has an Olbermann opening.
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Apr. 7, 2012 at 7:50amOr just move me to CommieCast.
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SLEUTH
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:33pmlets see how many NBC stock holders are gonna be dumb enough to keep the stock. lots, cause their idiots. NBC should fire all and re hire only those who has the integrity for just reporting the facts.
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Black Midge
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:29pmBand aid on a chain saw wound !!
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the58thstate
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:25pm“their lost credibility”!? i guess thrills running up their legs wasnt enough.
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TzuSun
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:24pmIt’s been a long time since I’ve trusted any of the alphabet network news casts. As for NBC, they’ll have to do a lot better than this kabuki dance before I’ll take them seriously. Just more show for public consumption and it will do nothing to change the culture of dishonesty that exists there.
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dawghowse
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:24pmHow about some names and addresses? Then maybe a chance of gaining some credibility back. Not much of a chance, but a chance. LOL
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justasurvivor
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:19pmGood point. Post the name and their address and the address of their parents.
(And of course we wouldn’t. We’re not the kind of people who do cruel/stupid things like that. But it sure seems to be sop for the progressives/liberals.)
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spirited
Apr. 7, 2012 at 12:04amGive it it Spike
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HaploVoss
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:23pmTrust Norbert’s **** Cuddlers? Just becaused they axed a fall guy isn’t gonna make any difference in the future. I give ‘em a week tops before their next Obamanation.
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possom
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:14pmThey want credibility let them do a story on the obama term so far. And they better tell the truth because we know what he’s done. Then well think about it!
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Megaphin
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:28pmThere’s absolutely no way i’ll trust NBC. This isn’t the first time i’ve witnessed them purposely misleading America with edited video’s and phoney commentary.
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Pokerjoe
Apr. 7, 2012 at 9:41amWas it Little Dan Rather? No it was Bush. No it was Bush one. No it was the 911 guy. No it was all of the nbcs.
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BlackCrow
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:14pm1. There was no way that edit was an accident.
2. If they had not been caught the producer would have gotten a raise.
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Dinkiecb
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:20pmAgreed there was no “accident” in editing that tape to put on the air, it was done on purpose!
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CatB
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:26pmYes .. he didn’t get fired for wrong doing .. he got canned for getting caught!
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Shasta
Apr. 8, 2012 at 1:51pmYou are spot on @Cat. It reminds me of what my ex-wife so proudly taught her son, “It’s not a crime unless you get caught”. Now said son is 22 years old, sleeps and smokes pot all day, never leaves the house, and has not worked a day in his life. He might have a career at NBC if he wants it though.
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IndyGuy
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:13pmNBC=NothingButCrap
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TrueColours
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:13pmIt’s a start. They wouldn’t have done this in the recent past. Something is getting to them and that’s good. Keep up the pressure. It’s working.
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scuba13
Apr. 7, 2012 at 10:08amWhat about when the rigged a truck with explosives and told everyone how GM trucks will explode if you have an accident.
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Hickory
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:12pmTime for Zimmerman to lawyer up.
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CatB
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:20pmHopefully he already has …. put that time in hiding to good use .. I still don’t understand (okay yes I do they are Obama’s thugs) the New Black Panthers haven’t been arrested for putting out a (bounty)hit on another citizen. And Spike and Roseanne need to be sued also .. Spike at least by both Zimmerman and the people who live in the house he targeted .. that was not Zimmermans! I believe that 3 networks (so far) have reported false reports .. not just “mistakes” but blatent to put the man in danger and ramp up racial tensions… oh and don’t forget Al Shapton, Jesse Jackson, and those who were busing people in to make threats.
OMG 2012!
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chazmo
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:35pm…. and Obama for sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong..
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CatB
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:31pm@CHAZMO …
YES!
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PETTYDRAMA
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:11pmThats a good start. Now to let the rest of the dominos fall to put NBC out of business for good. Oh wait, that wont happen because Obummer has a stead flow of our tax money going towards that white guilt failed network.
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Holger Danske
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:11pmTrust NBC? No Bloody Chance
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Agnes
Apr. 7, 2012 at 1:24pmI would like to see the other clowns fired – the “tingling” leg, Schultz, O’Donnell, Rachel etc. etc.
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kaydeebeau
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:11pmI also notice that they failed to mention names. Where is the courage of their convictions to stand by their beliefs and their work? Oh silly me if it weren’t for double standards the leftists would have no standards . Which when you think about it, there are no standards at all when speaking of the leftistis – silly me
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birdmanbob4
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:21pmFunny, I did not see the story over at Media Matters!!!! Shame on NBC.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:10pmThe plan comes together, blame the hapless producer, run up a huge shrimp bill at GSA, start a war on women, and run Gas up to $5 a gallon. My plan is coming together Smithers, now to get that bumbling fool elected……what do you mean Ron Paul is behind in the delegation count. My plan of world domination hinges on Ron Paul……Doh, now I have to fall to plan B, start selling pregnant woman pee to athletes. Smithers, you may go flog yourself now, and don’t spare the rod, I will be watching.
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83plus
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:44pmPlan B? Why plan b? I liked plan A better. lol
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Marci
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:06pmSo the producer got thrown under the bus. Big deal. A network as large as that one does not make those type of “mistakes”. That producer was instructed to do what he did. His mistake was not saying no. Either way, he gets fired. So he should have taken the high road the first time.
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grandmaof5
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:19pmFor NBC to have any credibility it would have to fire alot more people than this one person. I don’t, and probably never will, trust NBC. They have worked too hard to forward a progressive agenda, with no regard for the people it affects, including their children and grandchildren who will be left to pick up the pieces. They have to employ the dumbest people they can find to regurgitate the Obama propaganda without verifying the facts. Clean house and try to become a real news organization if you want credibility.
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kaydeebeau
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:30pmWho owns NBC now – could it be Comcast? Are we willing to put our values where it counts? Are we willing to do without cable TV to apply pressure to them by cancelling our cable? Is the price of liberty not worth the $100 a month cable costs?
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OldTiredBaldMan
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:05pmI quit trusting the alphabet networks in 1967.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:26pmThe last time I trusted an Alphabet network, there was this guy, who swore If I gave him a cookie today, he would bring me 2 cookies on tuesday. It was a scam, in fact when I tried to get mean with him to get my cookies back, he sent this Big Yellow Bird and a Vampire to rough me up. My mom wouldn’t let me watch their show after that, but then again, these guys were from New York, probably gang members.
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birdmanbob4
Apr. 6, 2012 at 11:01pmAs someone who grew up in the 70′s and 80s, I discovered that Pravda in the U.S.S.R. and Poland, E. Germany exc. was spreading complete dis information about America. And the American Media could for the most part be trusted.
Now the tables have been turned, jus the oppisite is true, it is the US MSM that is the new Pravda! http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/29-03-2012/120917-barack_obama_foreign_student-0/
If it were not for the Drudge Report, Brietbart, Rush, The B Cast, (Scott Bakers old site) Glen Beck and the Baze Americans would not know the truth!
Back during the Cold War America set up a Radio Network called Radio Free Europe in order to provide the truth to those who otherwise would would never know it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty
…. The Blaze along with the other new media I mentioned above is the new ((( Radio Free America )))
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kaydeebeau
Apr. 6, 2012 at 10:05pmAs if the producer wasn’t acting at the behest of the “powers that be”. The whole network should be fired. They have no credibility left (not that have had much at all anyway)
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