Safe to say: NBC Lying

Somethings are so completely obvious that lying about them only makes the situation worse. That is exactly what's happening over at NBC, which is now saying that the edit job on George Zimmerman's 911 call was accidental, not intentional. The odds of that being true are so astronomically long that such a claim must fall squarely in the "lie" category.

As a refresher, here is the complete transcript of the relevant portion:

ZIMMERMAN: This guy looks like he's up to no good, [begin NBC ellipsis] or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about. 911 

DISPATCHER: Okay, is this guy, is he white, black, or Hispanic? [end NBC ellipsis] 

ZIMMERMAN: He looks black.

Here is what aired as part of NBC's news report:

ZIMMERMAN: This guy looks like he's up to no good, [begin NBC ellipsis] or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about. 

911 DISPATCHER: Okay, is this guy, is he white, black, or Hispanic? [end NBC ellipsis] 

ZIMMERMAN: He looks black.

Does that look even remotely close to an accident? As I mentioned on my April 8th show, it's the quintessential example of what yelling, "FIRE" in a crowded theater, means.

Alex Marlow at Breitbart has pointed out that although one person has been fired - while remaining nameless - the same edit appeared on the MSNBC website in a completely separate story, in print. The president of NBC, Steve Capus, is now doubling down by calling the entire episode a "mistake, not deliberate.

"Capus suggests that it was merely a convenient coincidence that the edit was cut in such a way as to make George Zimmerman seem like a bona-fide dyed-in-the-wool racist. It's the height of intellectual dishonesty.

Capus also said that the network "takes its responsibility seriously," which he's clearly demonstrated by scapegoating one single producer--whom he refuses to name.

For the President of the NBC News team to suggest that this edit was anything but deliberate is arrogant beyond belief, but it comes as no surprise in light of the way NBC has handled Editgate thus far. First, it took over a week for even one anonymous scapegoat's head to roll, and they rolled it on a Friday night--headed into a (double!) holiday weekend to minimize coverage of the scandal.

All of the layers to this scandal need to be peeled completely back because once they are, we may see Al Sharpton at the center of the toxic onion. I say that because of this video. Again, let the words of former Sharpton colleague Perry McKinnon sink in. After focusing on McKinnon in this 20-year-old video, it's obvious that we have a strong piece of circumstantial evidence that points to Sharpton having some level of direct involvement.