Re: Martin/Zimmerman - why was / is there an effort to paint a picture that wasn't / isn't real? [View all]

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I have seen MSNBC purposely chop the Z/police call to show that Z offered TM's race info, only to later admit that wasn't the case.

I have seen CNN claim that Z was saying, "fucking c**n" only later to admit he was saying "fucking cold."

I have seen many here and in the media try to make this about white vs black, when in reality Z's skin is a light brown, just like most of the Hispanic people I've met. (He's certainly not European white, which is what most people mean when they say white)

I have seen the pic of TM as a 14 year old used over and over again, next to Z's pic, when in reality, the TM Z encountered was not a 14 year old, and didn't look like a 14 year old.

There are other examples.

I'm not taking up any side, simply asking.

Why were things reported as real when in fact they weren't real? Why were things manipulated to look a certain way when they weren't that way? Why was/is there an effort to paint a picture that varies from reality?

disclaimer: I personally don't know if Z shot TM in self-defense or hunted him down. I don't know how things happened that night. I wasn't there.