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Kathianne
12-06-2012, 10:12 PM
Seems smart to me. There are problems, but I don't think he deserves what has happened:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-zimmerman-nbc-lawsuit/


(CNN) -- George Zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Florida boy, sued NBC Universal on Thursday for using "the oldest form of yellow journalism" by editing an audio tape of his 911 call to make him sound racist, the lawsuit said.


Zimmerman is seeking "damages in excess of the jurisdictional limit" in Seminole County Circuit Court in Florida, where the lawsuit is filed.


Zimmerman, who is Hispanic and is charged with second-degree murder, is accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/30/us/trayvon-martin-profile/index.html), who was African-American. The February incident has provoked national controversy.
Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense. Attorneys for Martin's family say the teen was shot and killed "in cold blood."

(http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/justice/george-zimmerman-photo/index.html)"NBC 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," the lawsuit said.


"Because of NBC's deceptive and exploitative manipulations, the public wrongly believes that Zimmerman 'us(ed) a racial epithet' while describing Martin during the call to the dispatcher on that fateful night," the suit said.


A spokesman for NBC Universal couldn't be reached immediately for comment.


The defamation lawsuit accuses the network of sensationalizing and manipulating a potential "racial powder keg that would result in months, if not years, of topics for their failing news program, particularly the plummeting ratings for their ailing Today Show."


The edited recordings included multiple deletions, removed intervening dialogue between Zimmerman and the dispatcher and juxtaposed unrelated content "to make it appear that Zimmerman was a racist, and that he was racially profiling Trayvon Martin," the lawsuit said.

Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
12-06-2012, 10:17 PM
Seems smart to me. There are problems, but I don't think he deserves what has happened:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-zimmerman-nbc-lawsuit/

They are guilty and he should win the lawsuit. I hope the "whitehispanic" wins tens of millions!!
We see how the media dances to leftist liberal agendas and promotes racist division for fun and for profit.
They need to pay .. --Tyr

Kathianne
12-06-2012, 10:24 PM
They are guilty and he should win the lawsuit. I hope the "whitehispanic" wins tens of millions!!
We see how the media dances to leftist liberal agendas and promotes racist division for fun and for profit.
They need to pay .. --Tyr

I'm not prepared to be dancing on this. Truth is there is lots of problems with Zimmerman. From the teen thing, to the black thing. At the same time, I'm waiting to hear about the real fight, the reason Trayvon was done.

Larrymc
12-06-2012, 10:40 PM
Seems smart to me. There are problems, but I don't think he deserves what has happened:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-zimmerman-nbc-lawsuit/if true not only should he win, but their should be legal repercussions

Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
12-06-2012, 10:44 PM
if true not only should he win, but their should be legal repercussions

Such as what other than a huge sum of mulla changing hands!?? I see no way to bring criminal charges against them.. Z deserves the money and it should be made to be enough to hurt those that deliberately wronged him and put his life further into jeopardy by their corrupt and greedy actions!-Tyr

Kathianne
12-06-2012, 10:45 PM
if true not only should he win, but their should be legal repercussions

We'll see. I'm not looking to condemning black youths by death. He's dead and I want some real proof that it was necessary that he had to die.

Mind you, I'm not saying Zimmerman was an out of control racist, I doubt anyone thinks that now, with information available.

Larrymc
12-06-2012, 11:36 PM
Such as what other than a huge sum of mulla changing hands!?? I see no way to bring criminal charges against them.. Z deserves the money and it should be made to be enough to hurt those that deliberately wronged him and put his life further into jeopardy by their corrupt and greedy actions!-Tyryou don't think editing a tape to demonize someone and then broadcasting it should be criminal

Abbey Marie
12-10-2012, 02:27 PM
Andrea Mitchell, and anyone who worked on producing that broadcast segment needs to be fired.
An appearance in public stocks wearing a sign that says, "I am a lying excuse for a journalist" would be nice, too.