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NBCUni Sued By Trayvon Martin Shooter Over Edited 911 Tape

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday December 6, 2012 @ 3:07pm PSTTags: George Zimmerman, NBCUniversal, Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman sued NBCUniversal today over an edited 911 call from the night he shot Trayvon Martin. “NBC created this false and defamatory misimpression using the oldest form of yellow journalism: manipulating Zimmerman’s own words, splicing together disparate parts of the recording to create the illusion of statements that Zimmerman never actually made,” says the defamation suit (read it here) filed Thursday in Seminole County, Fla. The 24-page complaint adds that “NBC News saw the death of Trayvon Martin not as a tragedy but as an opportunity to increase ratings, and so set about to create the myth that George Zimmerman was a racist and predatory villain.” NBC correspondent Ron Allen, as well as Lilia Rodriguez Luciano and Jeff Burnside are also named as defendants. Luciano and Burnside, as well as a NBC producer, were fired after an internal investigation determined that the tape had been edited. READ MORE »

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Third Person Exits NBC Over Misleading Edit Of Zimmerman’s 911 Audio

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 9:01pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, NBC News, Today Show, Trayvon Martin

A third person involved with a misleadingly edited recording of George Zimmerman’s 911 call to police in the Trayvon Martin case is no longer employed by NBC News. TV Newser reported today that Luciano was dismissed after … Read More »

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Miami TV Reporter Fired For Separate But Similar Edit Of Zimmerman’s 911 Call

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday April 29, 2012 @ 4:32pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, NBC, Trayvon Martin

Another Miami-area TV journalist has been fired as a result of a local NBC affiliate’s broadcast of a misleading edited version of George Zimmerman’s 911 call the night Trayvon Martin was killed. Local TV station WTVJ veteran Jeff Burnside … Read More »

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‘The Daily Show’ On Expected Trayvon Martin Trial Media Frenzy: VIDEO

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 13, 2012 @ 9:35am PDTTags: Trayvon Martin
Nellie Andreeva

The killing of teen Trayvon Martin had dominated the airwaves even before a charge in the case was made. With shooter George Zimmerman arrested, arraigned and facing trial, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show looks back at memorable media coverage of previous famous trials and gives a taste of the level … Read More »

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Trayvon Martin Case Arrest Ignites Academy’s ‘Mockingbird’ 50th Anniversary Screening

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 4:57pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, Gregory Peck, TO Kill A Mockingbird, Trayvon Martin, Universal
Pete Hammond

“What are the chances that this day in Florida George Zimmerman would be arrested? What are  the chances that we sit in Beverly Hills on this day to see To Kill A Mockingbird,  and these kinds of tensions still exist … Read More »

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NBC News President Talks About Edited Call

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday April 8, 2012 @ 11:52pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, NBC News, Steve Capus, Trayvon Martin

NBC News President Steve Capus has updated Reuters about that edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin. It was “a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call,” Capus maintains. Reuters … Read More »

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UPDATE: NBC Fires Producer For Misleading Edit Of Zimmerman 911 Call

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 6, 2012 @ 6:08pm PDTTags: NBC News, Trayvon Martin

FRIDAY: When you want to release bad news, everyone knows you do it on a Friday night. The New York Times is citing sources tonight that, not surprisingly, NBC News ended its internal investigation by firing the still unnamed “seasoned” producer deemed … Read More »

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NBC Apologizes For Editing George Zimmerman’s 911 Call About Trayvon Martin

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 3, 2012 @ 5:08pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, NBC, Trayvon Martin

NBC News apologized today for the way a 911 dispatcher’s conversation with George Zimmerman concerning Trayvon Martin was edited for broadcast last week. The edited version made it appear that the neighborhood watch captain’s decision to follow Martin in the Sanford, Fla., housing complex might have been racially motivated. Zimmerman … Read More »

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Fox Pulls ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Ads As Trayvon Martin Killing Controversy Boils

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 28, 2012 @ 9:55am PDTTags: Trayvon Martin

Twentieth Century Fox has pulled posters and trailers for its July release Neighborhood Watch from Florida communities. The materials were part of a long-planned early marketing campaign, Fox noted in a statement. They were not withdrawn … Read More »

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