Manufactured Racism?

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew...t-misrepresent

Following a series of anonymous leaks, NBC has released its first on-the-record statements regarding the internal investigation into its misleading audio clip of George Zimmerman's 9-1-1 call.

According to NBC, the controversial clip, which appeared during its "Today" morning news show, was edited deliberately by the producer to fit within time constraints and not for some other reason. Speaking to Reuters, NBC News president Steve Capus asserted that the individual, who has been fired but whose name has not been disclosed, had made "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call."

The misleading cut removed crucial seconds of Zimmerman's call during which the 9-1-1 operator inquired about the race of the man he was pursuing. In response to the question, Zimmerman stated that he believed the individual was of African extraction. The initial question was removed by NBC News while Zimmerman's answer was included.

To listen to the edited clip and the original, see video below from NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell who first broke the story on the March 29 edition of Fox News's "Hannity" program.


An excerpt from the Reuters story which gives more details into NBC's internal investigation and also credits NewsBusters and Breitbart.com as being instrumental in exposing the network's selective editing:

NBC News's decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according the president of network's news division. [...]

Under growing public pressure to explain the incident, NBC News President Steve Capus provided Reuters with the fullest explanation to date of how the edited call made it on air and what the network is doing to prevent such a consequential error from happening again.

Capus confirmed a previous Reuters report that an internal network investigation had determined that a producer made the editing error, and that the network's editorial controls - including senior broadcast producer oversight, script editors and often legal and standards department reviews of sensitive material to be broadcast - simply missed the selective editing of the phone call.

He said the producer has been fired and "several people" involved were disciplined, though he declined to specify the nature of the disciplinary actions, saying they were internal personnel matters.

Sources at the network told Reuters on Thursday that NBC News executives did not know the emergency call was misleadingly edited until news reports surfaced days later on blogs including newsbusters.org and Breitbart.com. [...]

As part of the investigation, the producer who edited the call was questioned extensively about motivation, and it was determined that the person had cut the video clip down to meet a maximum time requirement for the length of the segment - a common pressure in morning television - and inadvertently edited the call in a way that proved misleading.

NBC News has apologized for the incident, saying in a statement to Reuters earlier this week that there was "an editing error in the production process," but insisting the results of the internal investigation would not be announced publicly.

Capus said that the network "takes its responsibility seriously" and has undertaken rigorous efforts to formalize the editorial safeguards in place at the network.

In a separate incident showing media "synergy" at its worst, NBC's online news arm, MSNBC.com, perpetuated the same false edit in text form which was first exposed by Breitbart.com blogger Dan Riehl. After Riehl pointed out the misinformation, MSNBC.com corrected its story but did not inform readers of the article that a correction had been made until NewsBusters pointed this out March 30.

The repurposing of the misleading clip to an online story suggests the problem is more widespread than what Capus and what NBC have let on, however. What hasn't been revealed to the public is when the truncated call transcript was inserted into the MSNBC.com story which was dated March 21.

The public has also not been informed about the process by which the false Zimmerman transcript was inserted. Clearly there were no time constraints at work in the construction of the web version. Why then was the edited transcript used?

Unfortunately for NBC, despite its best attempts to delay releasing any sort of news until Easter Sunday, the story about this fiasco is going to go on and won't dissipate, due in part to the network's strategy of releasing as little information as possible.



Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew...#ixzz1radwUff4

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by UltimateHoboW/Shotgun

creative editing from the cooks at NBC. Hmm... why don't we trust the liberal media? Oh yah, they pick sides.

[Bob]

It does make it difficult -- there are plenty of real stories out there -- but they should be guarded to get the facts right and not work over-time to ensure that the narrative fits -- sometimes it doesn't into the MAD-LIBS template they are waiting to fill with verbs and adjectives..

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Speaking of racists, check out what the OP's hero has been up to:

Grand Delusions – Glenn Beck Delivers His Show From Fake ‘Oval Office’ Set

Former FOX personality and Teletubbie look-alike Glenn Beck has taken his delirium to the next step and built a set that closely resembles the Oval Office. Mr. Beck plans to deliver his three to four minute long speeches in what he announced will be 'Reagan-esque in tone' on his GBTV show.

[Tombstone RJ]

wow, you really add nothing of value to this thread LA.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

wow, you really add nothing of value to this thread LA.

As if the thread had any "value" to begin with.

You should be thanking me for the bump.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

As if the thread had any "value" to begin with.

You should be thanking me for the bump.

What does a Glenn Beck show have to do with NBC's actions? At the very least Glenn Beck isn't hiding anything. NBC basically lied about a extremely sensitive story, thus creating more distrust and anger among the African American community.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

What does a Glenn Beck show have to do with NBC's actions? .

Nothing.

Just noticed another failed HoBo thread circling the drain and decided to put it to good use.

You're welcome.

[peacepipe]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

Nothing.

Just noticed another failed HoBo thread circling the drain and decided to put it to good use.

You're welcome.

rep

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by peacepipe

rep

Thanks - that will offset the negative rep Tombstone just gave me.

[Rigs11]

Anyone have that clip from jon Stewart from last night pointing out faux news hypocrisy on this? Hobo?

[El Minion]

Originally Posted by Rigs11

Anyone have that clip from jon Stewart from last night pointing out faux news hypocrisy on this? Hobo?

Or Breitbart, who heavily edited the ACORN videos and who the CA Attorney General said "Sometimes a fuller truth is found on the cutting room floor". Breitbart, who is being sued for defamation by Shirley Sherrod, now that was manufacturing racism.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

Thanks - that will offset the negative rep Tombstone just gave me.

You deserve it. You're such a pantywaist of a poster.

[Requiem]

L.A. has farted out more brain cells than you have left in your brain, Tombstone.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Requiem

L.A. has farted out more brain cells than you have left in your brain, Tombstone.

Look who's talking!

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

Look who's talking!

You, the guy who draws a basketball as a square. GTFO.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

You deserve it. You're such a pantywaist of a poster.

You have it bass-ackwards again: A pantywaist uses neg rep because he's too chicken sh*t to say what he has to say on the public forum.

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

Love how none of you guys say it wrong yet accuse Fox news of lies. You guys are jokes.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by UltimateHoboW/Shotgun

You guys are jokes.

This from a drooling dullard who starts a dozen new Obama pile on threads per day - only to see the rubbish he posts debunked repeatedly?

That's rich.

If people don't bother to read the tripe you post it's because you have a whopping credibility problem.

You are the boy who cried wolf.

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

. Debunking.. Spamming thread with your BS that nobody believes is not "debunking". You are jokes. .

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by UltimateHoboW/Shotgun

. Debunking.. Spamming thread with your BS that nobody believes is not "debunking". You are jokes. .

It's just you and lonestar vs. people with IQs > their shoe sizes.

[Play2win]

I will just say this, and hopefully not piss off too many people here, but I believe in equal rights, not preferential rights.

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

It's just you and lonestar vs. people with IQs > their shoe sizes.

Are we all thumbs on your iPad again? . Joke.

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

Originally Posted by Drunk idiot kicker

I will just say this, and hopefully not piss off too many people here, but I believe in equal rights, not preferential rights.

Don't apologize. Whether I agree with you or not I won't be the one shutting you up.