NBC to do ‘internal investigation’ on Zimmerman segment
By Erik Wemple
Posted at 04:40 PM ET, 03/31/2012
Washington Post
As exposed by Fox News and media watchdog site NewsBusters, the “Today” segment took this approach to a key part of the dispatcher call:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.
Here’s how the actual conversation went down:
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.
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.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
THEY AREN'T ALWAYS WRONG
The conservative critics of "liberal media" are usually wrong but not this time. I don't know who was responsible for this but (he, she, they) should be fired. Now, if we could only get FAUX News and rightwing talk radio to be as honest as NBC.
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MattSwartz, on March 30th, 2012 at 3:44 pm Said:
Robert Madera,
No “instructions” were given to Zimmerman. They didn’t tell him to stop what he was doing and go home. They told him they “didn’t need him to do that.” Logically, that’s the exact opposite of an instruction. It’s the perfect absence of instruction. They didn’t instruct him either way, but permission is implied. If the cops don’t want you doing something, if it’s illegal for you to do something, then they’ll tell you to stop. They aren’t shy about that, no not one bit.
I hate this sort of Rorschach test racial stuff, and because it brings out the worst in people, I try not to participate. But the constant repetition of demonstrably false assertions gets old.
from an AC commentor
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