The Daily Caller caught two tweets from WTVJ reporter Christina Hernandez responding to someone on Twtiter about the edited Trayvon Martin 911 tapes. The Tweets appear to have been deleted shortly after being published and Hernandez hasn’t been active on her Twitter account since April 10th.
WSVN anchor Diana Diaz and WSVN Senior Executive Producer Darcy Tannebaum all smiles with Richard Lemus who leaves in 5 days Photo: Dtannebaumon7
We mentioned MeTV in January and now the retro TV network has launched on WPLG 10.2 as of Tuesday the 24th. It’s available over the air with an antenna or via Comcast and Atlantic Cable. Oddly Dish Network, Att Uverse and DirecTV do not carry the channel, at least for now. Memorable Television Entertainment, the real name of the channel, will be airing vintage sitcoms, dramas, and even commercials with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers running in primetime.
MeTV is replaced LXTV
Watch as (starts at 2:20) this Broward County lobbyist freaked on Norman after he attempted to go around him on an escalator so he can get to Sun Recycling executive Phil Medico and ask him about alleged illegal dumping done by his company.
Updated 4/25 6:51pm: updating the story headline to reflect a new development. What WTVJ aired and what aired on the Today Show, while similar, were two different reports. Jeff Burnside was fired for what aired on WTVJ. The video that the Today Show aired came from NBC Southeast headquarters which is based in South Florida, according to Poyntier.org
You won’t hear it anywhere else but here – insiders have told us WTVJ reporter Jeff Burnside was fired last Friday for a Trayvon Martin report that aired on WTVJ and which included (with a full screen graphic) the edited 911 transcript from the call George Zimmerman made to 911. allegedly editing the Trayvon Martin 911 tape, the same tape NBC aired on ‘Today’ in early April. Allegedly, his firing wasn’t announced internally and so far there is no information whether NBC made a conclusion if the edit was misleading on purpose or if it was an oversight.
The 911 tape from the night of Trayvon Martin’s shooting, as initially aired by NBC, eliminated a question from the 911 dispatcher to George Zimmerman about whether Trayvon was black, white or Hispanic.
What NBC aired was George Zimmerman saying ”This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”
However, the actual transcript from that part of the tape is this:
George 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 Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?
George Zimmerman: (pauses briefly) He looks black.
NBC launched an internal investigation immediately after the incident, and I’m told several people other than Burnside were questioned, at WTVJ and NBC news, including a WTVJ editor or a news photographer who may have worked on the report. Burnside was suspended while the investigation was ongoing but NBC decided he was the producer and fired him last Friday. An NBC network producer who we’re told only took the edited tape from WTVJ, without checking it (I’m told it’s not unusual since it comes from an affiliate) and could not have known about the edit was also fired in this incident.
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