Zimmerman lawyer says he'll move to sue NBC for libel

[sweetwater5s9]

 
July 15, 2013


George Zimmerman and attorneys are preparing to resume their effort to sue NBC News for libel following the network's extraordinary breach of trust when they edited Zimmerman's 911 call to make him look like a trigger happy racist.


NBC Universal Media responded to the Zimmerman complaint by noting that other media outlets played up the racial angle of Zimmerman's deadly encounter with Trayvon Martin.

The company also noted the pivotal nature of the second-degree murder case:
"If Zimmerman is convicted, that fact alone will constitute substantial evidence that the destruction of his reputation is the result of his own criminal conduct, and not of the broadcasts at issue which, like countless other news reports disseminated by media entities throughout the country, reported on the underlying events."


Incredible. NBC News excused it's deliberate falsification of the tape by saying that everyone else was playing up the angle that Zimmerman was a racist. And they also claim vindication if Zimmerman was convicted? Obviously, that's not the case now.


According to Zimmerman attorney James Beasley, the case against NBC News was stayed pending the outcome of the criminal case. Now that's out of the way, and Beasley is ready to proceed. "We're going to start in earnest asap, we just have to get the stay lifted which is a ministerial act," says Beasley, a Philadelphia lawyer, via e-mail.

When asked how the not-guilty verdict affects the civil case against NBC News, Beasley responded, "This verdict of not guilty is just that, and shows that at least this jury didn't believe that George was a racist, profiling, or anything that the press accused George of being. That probably doesn't get you that much but it's simply time for us to start the case and hold accountable anyone who was irresponsible in their journalism."

"Irresponsible" is an understatement.



Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/07/zimmerman_lawyer_says_hell_move_to_sue_nbc_for_libel.html#ixzz2Z8I18p00

[DaBoz]

Good, I see a couple more news sources on the radar also.

[sweetwater5s9]

They messed with the wrong attorney, imo...

[Dan]

Yep.  NBC's actions resulted in a lot of people getting completely the wrong idea about Zimmerman.

[sweetwater5s9]

It affected the country, not to mention a man's life with the lies.   Time to stop that kind of selective editing which lies, has to end.

[lluke47]

Unbelievable how low our media has sank to for news, maybe it's because they don't have liberals smart enough to uncover news that would expose the criminal liberal politicians