And from the original "TalkLeft" Blog...NBC Fires Lilia Luciano Over George Zimmerman Tape EditBy Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri May 04, 2012 at 08:28:00 AM EST
In the continuing saga of NBC's prejudicial editing of George Zimmerman's call to police to report a suspicious person, Trayon Martin, TV Newser reports NBC reporter Lilia Luciano has been fired. But keep reading, I have additional information and transcripts with sourcing to NBC shows.
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The March 20 version of the clip played in Luciano's Today Show segment had a different line out of sequence than her March 22 segment. But it was also unfairly prejudicial to Zimmerman.
According LexisNexis, the March 20 version of the clip that aired during Luciano's segment was:
Quote:
Mr. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: This guys looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. He's got his hands in his waistband and he's a black male.
Unidentified 911 Operator #1: Are you following him?
Mr. ZIMMERMAN: Yeah.
Operator #1: OK, we don't need you to do that.
(End of clip)
While the March 22 version of the clip that aired during Luciano's segment was different than the March 20 version, it was the same as the clip that aired on the Today Show on March 27 with Ron Allen. It was the March 27 version that caused the initial furor.
From my April 9 post:
In checking LexisNexis last night, I noticed the March 27 Today Show segment was the second time the Today Show used the inappropriate edit. The first was on March 22, 2012, in a segment titled "Fallout from the Trayvon Martin shooting includes calls for Sanford police chief to resign". The segment featured a live report by NBC reporter Lilia Luciano in Sanford. The video, which was linked to by Luciano that day on her Twitter Feed, has been removed from the Today Show Website (although part of the transcript is still there, racial quote and all). From the transcript on Lexis:
Quote:
LUCIANO: ...the teen gunned down by Neighborhood Watchman George Zimmerman last month as he walked through this gated community wearing a hoodie.
(Clip from 911 call)
Mr. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black.
Unidentified 911 Operator: Did you see what he was wearing?
Mr. ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, a dark hoodie.
(End of clip)
According to the actual transcript of the call, here's what Zimmerman and the dispatcher actually said:
Quote:
Dispatcher: Sanford Police Department. …
Zimmerman: Hey we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy, uh, [near] Retreat View Circle, um, the best address I can give you is 111 Retreat View Circle. 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 white, black, or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
Dispatcher: Did you see what he was wearing?
Zimmerman: Yeah. A dark hoodie, like a grey hoodie, and either jeans or sweatpants and white tennis shoes. He's [unintelligible], he was just staring…
But, we're not done. These three Today Show airings were not the only, or even the first time, NBC aired one of the mis-quoted versions.
According to Lexis-Nexis, the first airing was on NBC Nightly News on March 19, with Pete Williams reporting. Luciano was not on the show. It was the Nightly News version that was played during Luciano's March 20 segment (that TV Newser found and says contributed to her firing.) Here's the Nightly News transcript for March 19 and the clip that was played:
Quote:
(Clip from 911 call)
Mr. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. He's got his hand in his waistband and he's a black male.
Unidentified 911 Operator #1: Are you following him?
Mr. ZIMMERMAN: Yeah.
911 Operator #1: OK, we don't need you to do that.
(End of clip)
....more at linkhttp://www.talkleft.com/story/2012/5/4/02841/64439