ALEXANDRIA, VA – On Monday’s edition of
“Martin Bashir,” MSNBC ran footage [1] of the testimony of Neil Heslin, the father
of a Sandy Hook victim, in which it appears he is heckled by gun rights
activists. MSNBC’s accompanying graphics box read “Mocked and Loaded. Sandy
Hook Victim’s Father Heckled by Gun Rights Advocates.”
In
reality, Heslin was not heckled. He posed a challenge to the audience, and the
audience responded. The MSNBC version deliberately cut out Heslin’s challenge to
make it appear as though he was interrupted by heckling gun advocates.
This
is the third time in the past year in which NBC News has been caught dishonestly
editing footage in order to push their liberal political agenda. Last March
they edited the Trayvon Martin 911 call to make George Zimmerman appear racist.
A few months later, Andrea Mitchell presented a dishonestly edited clip of Mitt
Romney apparently being wowed by a sandwich ordering machine.
Media
Research Center President Brent Bozell reacts:
“There is now a clear pattern of
deception at NBC News. It is the most
egregious violation of journalistic ethics. First they edited the Trayvon Martin 911 call
to fabricate a racist motive. Then Andrea Mitchell tried to invent a fake
“supermarket scanner moment” for Mitt Romney. Now MSNBC is deceptively editing
footage of Sandy Hook testimony in order to smear gun rights advocates.
“This is not how a legitimate,
professional news organization operates. MSNBC’s relentless anti-gun advocacy
is bad enough, but this is downright dishonest. Time and time again NBC News
has demonstrated why the American people can’t trust a single thing they say.”
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