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Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
NBC 1992 – suffers a humiliating bout of confessions and soul-searching after admitting it rigged the crash-and-burn of a GM truck
NBC 2012 – NBC editing of Zimmerman tape “seems to me to have been error with a purpose.”

It’s a live chat!

Today we will be discussing the viability of electric and natural gas-powered vehicles as potential replacements for petroleum

Except they’re not. They’re screening out the skeptical comments.
(Update – session is now ended.)

NBC is sorry they were caught;

That apology addresses the “Today” show’s failure to abridge accurately the conversation between Zimmerman and the dispatcher in this high-profile case. This is how the program portrayed a segment of that conversation:

Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.

And here is how it actually went down:

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.
Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.

This Mika Brzezinski “jealous prom queen” moment via Datechguy.

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…within its almost sealed-to-reality bubble. Paul Wells of Maclean’s (love or hate him he does try to commit some serious journalism and do some serious research) takes on his colleagues:

Long may they wallow in their Twitterverse.

You know you’ve entered a very different reality when Piers Morgan is the calm, professional one.

BC Blue – Not a word was mentioned by any of the clique of “Mean Girls” that make up a select group of Ottawa Hill journos who ‘decide’ what gossip will be the official media topic and what won’t be.

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
(Saskatchewan, you done us proud! “…across the province, lights continued to glow as electrical consumption climbed 10 per cent.”)

Big Journalism;

NBC News is said to have launched an internal investigation into why it posted an edited version of George Zimmerman’s call to a 911 dispatcher made prior to a shooting incident resulting in the death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. The altered version made it appear as though Martin’s race was an important factor that night for Zimmerman, when, in fact, he was only answering a question posed by a 911 dispatcher.

Emailing Jeff Davis of Postmedia…

On 3/30/12 7:00 AM, “James MacMaster” wrote:
Dear Mr. Davis,
It is incredible that anyone could hear a story like this without alarm bells going off and red flags flying. Yet not only did you hear it, but you actually committed this blatant BS to print and publication.
It means one of two things: you believed it – in which case you have no brains, or, you did not believe it but chose to print it – in which case you have no ethics or credibility.
You have betrayed the public trust and done a disservice to your fellow journalists.
Yours truly,
Jamie MacMaster

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From: JDavis@postmedia.com
To: “James MacMaster”
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:51:36 -0500
Subject: Re: Breitkreuz lauded guns for teen girls, student’s mom says
Hi Jamie,
I get many such insulting letters from gun owners – since I am the reporter on this beat – after most articles I write. They tend to be flippant, like this one, are appear to be primarily an attempt to impugn of my professionalism and ethics, rather than debate any particular point.
When something like this is said on the floor of the House of Commons, it becomes news. It’s really that simple. Just because you or I may not agree with that particular point, the fact remains that the accusation was made in the House.
That said, what exactly is your objection to the article? In which way did I demonstrate a lack of credibility or ethics?
Thanks for reading, but I’m frankly getting bored by these messages from the firearms community.
Jeff Davis

Update: Objectivity so deep, it calls for a shovel.

Googling Jeff Davis; Sakisheway told Postmedia News that she is “just a mother” and has no political associations.

CBC has a more skeptical take. I credit the budget cut. You can email Mr Davis here for an explanation.

In the interest of full transparency, we are informing readers today that 25 Gannett Wisconsin Media journalists, including seven at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, signed the recall petition. It was wrong, and those who signed the petition were in breach of Gannett’s principles of ethical conduct.

h/t K. Shaidle

The White House’s campaign to scrub a story from the internet yesterday about Malia Obama’s trip to Mexico has gone meta: a media reporter’s blog post about the administration’s efforts to scrub the story has now been scrubbed of certain details…

Via

“French Spree Shooter is a Muslim Named Mohammed Who Fought With the Taliban in Afghanistan Other Than That He Fits The Media’s ‘Far-Right’ Profile Perfectly.”