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TagsBY DANIEL REYES
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
NBC completed an investigation into allegations that the network doctored the George Zimmerman 911 tapes from the night Trayvon Martin was murdered.
In a statement via The Washington Post, NBC stated that “during [NBC’s] 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.”
In the edited version of the 911 tape, which aired on the Today show on March 27, the company removed the 911 operator asking Zimmerman what race Martin was.
Consequently, Zimmerman is heard on the edited tape as saying “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black,” as reported by Digital Journal.
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In reality, Zimmerman states that the guy looks like he’s up to no good, speculating that the man, who later turned out to be 17-year-old Martin, was on drugs. The dispatcher then asked whether Martin was black, white or Hispanic.
In a statement via The Daily Caller, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell was not happy at the self-conducted internal investigation, comparing it to “[former President Richard] Nixon investigating the Watergate tapes.”
“NBC is guilty of deliberately lying to the viewing public, and NBC is going to be in charge of investigating itself?”
Bozell would rather that NBC’s parent company, Comcast, conduct the investigation.
“This is a massive breach of the public trust,” he said. “NBC is guilty of dishonestly fanning the flames of racial hatred in America by doctoring tapes. NBC cannot be trusted with the investigation.”
