Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit

norahc · 12-06-2012, 11:01 PM

Hmmm....the same network that let Bob Costas rant against guns is now sued for selective editing of the call made during the Zimmerman - Martin shooting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20636425

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Lawyers for George Zimmerman are seeking punitive damages from NBC over edits of a police call he made on the night Trayvon Martin was killed.

They allege heavily edited extracts of the call made Mr Zimmerman appear racist in the eyes of the public.

NBC fired two staff over the edits, but said it would contest the lawsuit.

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NBC also apologised to its viewers over the incident and said editorial controls had failed.

In the lawsuit, Mr Zimmerman's lawyers contend that the network maliciously edited a call he made to police in Sanford, Florida, to alert them to what he saw as suspicious behaviour by a man near his home.

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"NBC saw the death of Trayvon Martin not as a tragedy but as an opportunity to increase ratings," the defamation lawsuit says.

"NBC created this false and defamatory misimpression using the oldest form of yellow journalism: manipulating Zimmerman's owns words, splicing together disparate parts of the (police) recording to create the illusion of statements that Zimmerman never actually made."

dons2346 · 12-06-2012, 11:21 PM

I hope he shoves it right up their wazoo.

bamajoey · 12-07-2012, 05:43 AM

I hope he sues for 10 million and collects

NRA_guy · 12-07-2012, 06:16 AM

Gee. MSM slants reporting---now there is a news flash!

I hope he ends up owning NBC.

I paused on CNN yesterday as they were reporting the Michigan Legislature's passing of a "Right to Work" law.

The reporter said, "The Right to Work law would make it more difficult for unions to collect dues."

That's it.

No mention of the fact that it mainly allows folks to work without being REQUIRED to join a union and pay union dues that the union bosses funnel into Democratic candidates' pockets.

carver · 12-07-2012, 07:57 AM

Zimmerman's trial is now set for June 10, 2013. No bail. He has now been basically locked up since the shooting on February 26, 2012, and no conviction of anything. I hope he gets millions of dollars from these rats!

Twicepop · 12-07-2012, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bamajoey

I hope he sues for 10 million and collects

The ten million, and ownership of the propaganda machine.

BulletArc47 · 12-10-2012, 11:25 PM

The 'Shooting' was the media and Obuma's attempt to rally black americans' support for Obuma's reelection; unfortunately it worked.

The whole situation was bogus, right from the start. It also rekindled dwindling racial tension, and fear of using the natural right of self-defense.

I hope this ruins NBC.

time2shoot · 12-11-2012, 01:53 PM

they used the media to get him locked up and charged.
If i was his atterney I would sue there ARS off also. And keep leeking stuff, like the photo of his face and head all cut and bloody.
all the dead beats wanted to convict him in the media.
Time to vindicate him the same way.

12-06-2012, 11:21 PM	#2
dons2346 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Move between WA and points south Contributor Posts: 1,415	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit I hope he shoves it right up their wazoo. __________________ "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

12-07-2012, 05:43 AM	#3
bamajoey Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pensacola Contributor Posts: 1,256	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit I hope he sues for 10 million and collects

12-07-2012, 06:16 AM	#4
NRA_guy V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 287	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit Gee. MSM slants reporting---now there is a news flash! I hope he ends up owning NBC. I paused on CNN yesterday as they were reporting the Michigan Legislature's passing of a "Right to Work" law. The reporter said, "The Right to Work law would make it more difficult for unions to collect dues." That's it. No mention of the fact that it mainly allows folks to work without being REQUIRED to join a union and pay union dues that the union bosses funnel into Democratic candidates' pockets.

12-07-2012, 07:57 AM	#5
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,219	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit Zimmerman's trial is now set for June 10, 2013. No bail. He has now been basically locked up since the shooting on February 26, 2012, and no conviction of anything. I hope he gets millions of dollars from these rats! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

12-10-2012, 11:25 PM	#7
BulletArc47 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 259	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit The 'Shooting' was the media and Obuma's attempt to rally black americans' support for Obuma's reelection; unfortunately it worked. The whole situation was bogus, right from the start. It also rekindled dwindling racial tension, and fear of using the natural right of self-defense. I hope this ruins NBC. __________________ “Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.” – George Washington If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. – Jacob Hornberger (1995) “Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” – Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by BulletArc47; 12-10-2012 at 11:28 PM..

12-11-2012, 01:53 PM	#8
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,599	Re: Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Call Edit they used the media to get him locked up and charged. If i was his atterney I would sue there ARS off also. And keep leeking stuff, like the photo of his face and head all cut and bloody. all the dead beats wanted to convict him in the media. Time to vindicate him the same way. __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!