Sorry, NBC -- You Owe George Zimmerman Millions

From The National Review:

Whatever you think of Zimmerman, the Peacock Network willfully defamed him. NBC

should be held liable for the editing of George Zimmerman’s 911 call in ways that made Zimmerman appear to be a racist.

In a grotesque and apparently malicious act of misreporting, NBC, in multiple broadcasts, aired doctored, heavily edited versions of the 911 call, misleadingly moving around Zimmerman’s words like a Rubik’s Cube. The result gave a false impression of the tragic incident in which Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and it exposed Zimmerman to the hatred, scorn and contempt of millions of viewers.

Zimmerman is suing NBC and the network is fighting back. But the network’s actions, and its responses to complaints, indicate it willfully and knowingly damaged Zimmerman’s reputation.

Dateline NBC staged GM pick-up trucks exploding due to the side impact, by using a rocket engine to spark the fire. GM filed a lawsuit against NBC after 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. That lawsuit was settled the same week by NBC, and Jane Pauley read a 3½ minute on-air apology to viewers.

This same Network also defamed Richard Jewel over the 1996 Olympic Park Bombing.