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NBC Editgate: Buck Stops With Brian Williams
Big Journalism ^ | 4/3/2012 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 04/04/2012 4:58:55 AM PDT by servo1969

A very specific set of words was cut. It was not random. And it was not a mistake.

So the question becomes: whose head should roll?

The answer is obvious: Brian Williams.

Williams has been, since 2004, the managing editor of NBC News. And this was no mistake. It was a purposeful attempt to drive the narrative against Zimmerman. It is Williams’ job to see that the facts are reported rather than skewed. And the buck stops with him.

This is no isolated incident for Williams. He’s an ardent leftist who began his career by interning for Jimmy Carter. When Williams moderated a Republican debate in September 2011, he asked Rick Perry how he could sleep at night while implementing the death penalty as governor of Texas. After September 11, he implied that America’s “military swagger” provided the impetus for the attacks. He compared the bombing of Iraq to the U.S. military bombing of Japan in its indiscriminateness.

Williams once explained, “[NBC News has an] inordinate number of editors. Every word I write, before it goes on air, goes through all kinds of traps and filters, and it’s read by all kind of different people who point out bias.” He’s at the top of that food chain. And it’s his news department that helped ratchet up the Trayvon Martin story to the point of violence

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
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To: deweyfrank

If inciting a race war is what it takes to get closer to the communist paradise over the next hill, so be it.


21 posted on 04/04/2012 6:02:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: servo1969

ABCNNBCBS = GGTV = Gangster Govt TV = American Pravda.


22 posted on 04/04/2012 6:03:09 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: IronJack

The “whitening” of Zimmerman needs to be exposed, as well.

This was obvious and purposeful - they intended to make it “racist white man kills innocent black child”.


23 posted on 04/04/2012 6:03:40 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: servo1969
Can NBC be charged with a crime? I want to know because the so-called news media have deliberately lied so very often and have done so very much damage by their lies. Can they be fined by FCC or something? we can't expect them to clean up their act if there is no punishment.
24 posted on 04/04/2012 6:04:03 AM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: servo1969

Williams could be described as the southern end of a northbound horse. Or you could say, there are more horses asses in this world than horses.


25 posted on 04/04/2012 6:07:41 AM PDT by oncebitten (Obama: "A Big Ole’ Hunk of Nothing on Two Thick Slices of Nada.”)
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To: Missouri gal

“Can NBC be charged with a crime? “


Probably not but as others have suggested Zimmerman has a good case for Libel and a reasonable chance to win.

Same with ABC and the deliberate distortion of the head wound.

However, even a loss in court for libel would not stop these Saul Alinsky fueled dishonest journalist from promoting their agenda.

If FOX could return with gusto as a viable alternative and not just an Odumbo Lite (Mitt) cheerleader that is how you punish the Marxist Main Stream Media. You punish them in the ratings.

There has to be some other conservatives with some wealth who would like to help this country with an HONEST STRAIGHT up NEWS network to offer some reasonable balance to J school communist journalism.

Rush, Glenn and the former FOX News proved you can make a lot of money exposing the Marxist Main Stream Media and I am sure there is more viewership out there should someone with means decide that they have to stop this slide towards Marxism.


26 posted on 04/04/2012 6:22:16 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: Jerrybob

Excellent letter! You are definitely on to Brian Williams...or is that Brian Shilliams? Well done.


27 posted on 04/04/2012 6:26:04 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: MrB

28 posted on 04/04/2012 8:35:55 AM PDT by wolficatZ ("We are no longer accepting comments on this article")
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To: arasina

A real investigation would end up pointing to Obama and the DNC.


29 posted on 04/04/2012 8:43:41 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: MrB
The MSM created the narrative on Zimmerman and Martin, and it won't matter how many facts come out--the original version will be the "truth" for most people.

If a jury acquits Zimmerman, or the grand jury fails to demand a trial, we can expect widespread rioting...unless Zimmerman is killed first. Of course if Zimmerman is exonerated he will still have Holder going after him on "civil rights" charges and probably Trayvon's parents suing on civil charges.

30 posted on 04/04/2012 12:44:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: servo1969

Women at NBC want to play ‘mommy’ and keep their little boy safe and warm...


31 posted on 02/09/2015 7:35:30 PM PST by GOPJ (If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
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