I don't really know what happened between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. What I do know is that this story led at least one manslaughter – the murder of self-inflicted media the last shreds of credibility has to. And it's not just conservative blogs that brands-even straight news sources have started noticing the shame with which the media has showered during this whole sad saga. The Washington Post reported Friday that NBC's blatant editing Zimmerman the 911 call will be "reviewed internally," which is as close as you ever screw up an admission of a very serious of a major news organization will get.
The most stunning admission still came from something called a Touré, which apparently is a contributor MSNBC. Touré apparently got tired of being on a TV channel nobody watches so he went on to take last week Piers Morgan to task for the journalistic crime of getting both sides of the story Piers:
You know, at NBC, in the corridors, we were laughing at you today, "Touré told Morgan. "We wouldn't take [Robert Zimmerman]. Standards and practices on NBC wouldn't let him get through the door. And you had him on the air and the hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands thousands or regardless of number of people watching your show listen to what he had to say allowed.
This is the first time I can remember an alleged news figure which it is expressly stated that his network has a policy against allowing one of the major players in a national news story to give his side had. My favorite part of Touré of hysterical rant was his outrage over the fact that people would hear what Zimmerman had to say. One thing is clear – the way the media has been about this story really told the truth far validates that Touré. Journalistic standards and practices apparently not possible for a cover story that would suggest that the race Trayvon Martin pimps who currently are hustling it doesn't correct this story.
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