NBC Apologizes for Doctoring 911 Call to Make Zimmerman Sound Racist
"NBC network has offered an apology for tampering with the tape of the 911 call made by George Zimmerman, the self-confessed killer of the 17-year-old African American teen Trayvon Martin, which misleadingly made him sound racist.
NBC was widely panned for omitting a certain portion of the emergency call that the neighborhood watch member Zimmerman placed with the Sanford, Florida, police on Feb. 26, prior to fatally shooting Martin.
Zimmerman called the police to report Martin's activities which he perceived as suspicious and said, "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," during the call.
The dispatcher responded by asking, "OK, and this guy - is he black, white or Hispanic?" to which Zimmerman replied, "He looks black."
However, during a broadcast recently on the Today show, NBC left out the dispatcher's question, as well as a good chunk of Zimmerman's explanation, abbreviating the conversation like this: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black."
I am shocked.