The recording of Zimmerman was made public by the town of Sanford on March 16th.
If you study media accounts of a "hot" or complicated subject, and compare them with the raw source material, you find that the news reports are rarely faithful to the facts.
Mr. Hearst cabled him back and stated “Stay where you are. You provide the pictures, and I’ll provide the war.”
Modern update:”Stay where you are. You provide the sound bites, and I’ll provide the race war.”...
I have been involved in quite a few fire/ems incidents where the only thing I recognized was the address. The media is worthless at best.