PJTV Exclusive: How NBC Editors Made the Zimmerman 911 Call Sound Racist

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Is it possible for such an internal edit that substantially alters the nature of Zimmerman’s call with the 911 dispatcher to happen by chance? As an audio and video editor for going on 20 years, in my opinion it is highly implausible and close to impossible for that edit to have occurred by chance. Watch this video and you’ll see why

Comment:

I haven't studied this much, so I won't offer much of an opinion on the technical details.  Let's assume that this is 100% correct.  That means that NBC is lying to cover up what this makes them look like they are doing, which is to inflame racial passions.  Why would NBC do this?

Let's also say that this increases the probability that Zimmerman is charged.  Now, if Zimmerman is charged, does this help Democrats?  I'm trying to get at the motivation for doing this.  Evidently, if this was done deliberately, those responsible must believe that it gives them a political advantage.  But is this so?  What if it backfires?  What if it is perceived as an unjust persecution of Zimmerman?  What will be the political response to that, should it occur?

Update:

It isn't unheard of for the media to make up stuff.  One thing that comes to mind was the fake video of the exploding gas tanks in simulated crashes:

On Monday, February 8, 1993, GM conducted a highly publicized point-by-point rebuttal in the Product Exhibit Hall of the General Motors Building in Detroit that lasted nearly two hours after announcing the lawsuit. The lawsuit was settled the same week by NBC, and Jane Pauley read a 3 minute 30 second on-air apology to viewers.

A short perusal of the wikipedia article linked above shows that Matt Lauer is a contributing anchor to Dateline NBC, which was involved in the lawsuit mentioned above.

Update:

Let me try to answer the motivation question I posed above.  It could be nothing more complicated than money.  This kind of story can produce ratings and ratings means money.

Politics?  Maybe, but the risk of a negative political response doesn't seem to have stayed their hand.  The exploding gas tanks story was aired after the election in 1992.  The common theme could be money.