Help End The Obama Era In 2012
Your Monthly and Quarterly Donations
Help Keep FR In the Battle!
Sponsoring FReepers are contributing
$10 Each time a New Monthly Donor signs up!
Get more bang for your FR buck!
Click Here To Sign Up Now!
Posted on 04/06/2012 9:18:59 PM PDT by MindBender26
An NBC News producer has been fired after a misleading report on the Trayvon Martin case suggested that shooter George Zimmerman was racially motivated.
The edited audio clip from a 911 call implied that Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., shot Martin because he was black.
"This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black," according to the clip that aired March 27 on the “Today” show.
A transcript of the actual recording of the call between Zimmerman and the 911 dispatcher shows the version that was aired was significantly modified.
George 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."
911 dispatcher: "O.K., and this guy - is he white, black or Hispanic?"
George Zimmerman: "He looks black."
After critics blasted the segment as misleading, NBC News launched an internal investigation into how the recording was edited, and concluded on April 3 that there had been a mistake.
The unnamed producer, who has been described as experienced, was fired on Thursday. His dismissal was first reported Friday evening by The New York Times, which cited two people familiar with the matter.
NBC News declined to comment about the firing.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
All old hands thought he should have been axed instantly.
AMF
He’s a scapegoat.
If it was a mistake why was anyone fired?
They probably just picked somebody ready to retire. NBC is full of crap. They have no credibility to even try to maintain.
Deliberately doctoring a tape is not a mistake.
Of course he is!
Maybe this fired producer and Oberman can start-up a new liberal network.
It took the commie ‘RATS three weeks after the shooting to orchestrate this bull****. Since all of the maggots in the MSM told the same tale and showed the same pictures of Martin as a little kid, one has to wonder if the state run “media” wasn’t in on the planning of this fiasco from the beginning.
I doubt they fired anyone...probably lying again. They don`t give a name, and if they did, might be a fake. Hoping no one would dig into the past to see if that name showed up on any content stories or shows. They have lost all credibility long ago, just a channel for commercials now.
Hey, maybe Fox news will hire him too...
Axed and sued.
That NBC idiot should have stuck to lying about me only ...
I have a feeling at least one reporter from NBC Miami might be the next to go.
” They probably just picked somebody ready to retire. “
_______________
How funny! And isn’t that the truth. LOL!
The Rats and their in house MSM have been into human sacrifice for decades.
No, he is long gone.
Some friends and fields at my old shop (CBS) knew him. Said he was a wonker.
I just read where the homosexuals have come and are demanding “justice” for Martin. It makes me wonder if Martin was a homosexual?
Ok then, that’s all folks, move along quietly now...nothing to see here....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.