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letsdothis2 ago

Reporter Jeff Burnside & Gerry Kelly https://imgur.com/a/aWLYMSp

April 2012:

NBC Miami reporter fired for edited Zimmerman tape- https://www.poynter.org/news/nbc-miami-reporter-fired-edited-zimmerman-tape

WTVJ reporter Jeff Burnside was fired Friday after being involved in editing a tape of George Zimmerman's 911 call before he shot Trayvon Martin. Burnside, who has been with the NBC owned and operated Miami station for 13 years, still has a bio page on its website.

The original call transcript said:

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.

The edit changed Zimmerman's words to: "This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black."