NBC News apologized for the way they edited a conversation between George Zimmerman and a police dispatcher the night he killed Trayvon Martin.
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The network was called out on Fox News, who blew the whistle on NBC’s editing mishap when they did a report presenting ‘before’ and ‘after’ versions of the call.
NBC had broadcast the edited exchange on its flagship Today morning show.
NBC News launched an investigation after the Fox report and according to NBC News representative Lauren Kapp:
“During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret.
We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers.”
Kapp declined to comment on whether further action would be taken against the producer of the segment and said NBC will not be releasing names of the producers involved or the course of action it will take internally.
The February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon by Zimmerman, 28, a neighborhood watch captain who said he acted in self-defense, has drawn international attention.
The Today show’s segment, which included an ellipsis on screen to indicate omitted text, ran as:
Zimmerman: ‘This guy looks like he’s up to no good …’
Zimmerman: ‘He looks black.’
The full conversation ran as:
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.’
At least NBC manned up and apologized; but we can’t condone what they did because you can’t speed up the wheels of justice.
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