This peeves me beyond belief. What happened to reporting? I know it’s a dead art. But editing in this case didn’t provide brevity or clarity, it’s just misleading. Via Instapundit, the scoop from The Hollywood Reporter:
In the NBC segment, Zimmerman says: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”
The full version, though, unfolds like this:
Zimmerman: “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.”
911 operator: “Okay. And this guy, is he white black or Hispanic?”
Zimmerman: “He looks black.”
Instapundit quips:
It’s as if they’re pushing a predetermined narrative regardless of the evidence or something.
UPDATE: Reader Michael Costello emails: “ABC did the same thing. Aren’t these the same people who accused Andrew Breitbart of deceptive editing?” Yeah, go figure.
Predetermined narrative aside, doesn’t it give you warm fuzzies to know that millions of people trust this as truth when it’s anything but?
UPDATE: linked by Chris Wysocki at Theo Spark. Thanks!
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Politicaljunkie Mom 
In good old days, it was recommended to kill a pregnant white actress to start a race war.
@Edge. Fabulous point. Except “butcher” might the more apt term. It never fails to amaze me the number of people who revere Manson.
The appropriate phrase is “par for the course”.
Cheers