CNN's 'Media Watchdog' Devotes 60 Whole Seconds To NBC Zimmerman Edit Story

CNN's 'Media Watchdog' Devotes 60 Whole Seconds To NBC Zimmerman Edit Story

After devoting his entire show to such burning issues as “Was it good for the Today Show to have Sarah Palin on?” and “Should the media pay attention to Ron Paul?” CNN’s Howard Kurtz devoted only one minute to covering the biggest news scandal of the year, NBC News’ atrocious edit of George Zimmerman’s 911 call that has stoked racial tensions in America.  (Video below)

The show opened with a discussion of the passing of Mike Wallace.  His panel then moved on to the burning issue over Sarah Palin’s performance on the Today Show.  Then a roundtable tackled various issue in the world of political media coverage.  

Finally, in a wrap-up segment ant the very end of his show, Kurtz acknowledged the NBC News scandal.  No broader discussion over the ramifications of the edit and how it played in tot he network’s over-all coverage of the Martin story.  no discussion of how NBC News handled the issue by keeping the producer’s name secret so he could work in the industry again.  No broader discussion of NBC News and Al Shaprotn and their role in advocating and stoking the Trayvon story rather than objectively covering it.

No, the priority for Kurtz and Reliable Sources was to have a ten minute panel discussion on Sarah Palin’s performance as a guest-host on the Today Show.  Thanks for keeping a close watch on the media for us, Howie. 

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