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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue [View all]marshall
(6,667 posts)91. Or perhaps both?
My point is, it is not surprising that he is news. When somebody has a special hotline established by the govt to get tips about him, the media and the public at large are also going to be curious. Asking why the media covers it or why the story is reported to them in the first place is like asking why the media is reporting about the royal baby, or why the hospital set up a special service to disseminate the information about this one baby.
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Interesting standard you fabricated. Please post the pictures/video of Zimmerman shooting anyone or
24601
Jul 2013
#80
No! I don't believe it. I admit i may be wrong but I just question the whole thing.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#51
Pure prejudice...I won't attempt to explain, I believe you to be prejudiced...see how that woiks?
BornLooser
Jul 2013
#94
Setup. The NRA needs to clean him up a bit before he becomes their spokesperson. nt
onehandle
Jul 2013
#5
I think that it is George's idea to hang out by the scanner and seek opportunities to be a hero.
yardwork
Jul 2013
#98
I read that Zimmerman did call in the accident, but I may have been mistaken.
yardwork
Jul 2013
#107
I reread some articles and they don't say he called it in, so maybe I was mistaken.
yardwork
Jul 2013
#115
Oh come on you guys, people in this thread can't seriously be implying this was a conspriacy.
Kurska
Jul 2013
#16
Oh boy a single typo, that sure invalidates all the scientific principles I communicated in my post.
Kurska
Jul 2013
#44
Did you actually read my post? Because you clearly didn't if you think it is that high.
Kurska
Jul 2013
#48
Conflating a conspiracy theory and a PR stunt (two wholly separate concepts)
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#46
The police are implicated in that they announced that George Zimmerman rescued somebody.
yardwork
Jul 2013
#102
"George Zimmerman was listening to the police scanner" you have zero evidence of this n/t
Kurska
Jul 2013
#117
"Do you really think that George Zimmerman just happened to be passing by an accident"
Kurska
Jul 2013
#123
Sound almost as make-believe as attempting to transfer money over the phone from jail...
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#47
The rescued said "thank you George" at which point he felt endangered and shot/killed him
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#17
"Get away from us, Z-man, we'll save ourselves. We don't want the infection." n/t
Judi Lynn
Jul 2013
#19
I didn't ask why the media covered it, I asked why the police reported it to the media.
SunSeeker
Jul 2013
#99
Who called the police? How much time before the cop arrived was GZ supposedly there?
WCLinolVir
Jul 2013
#68
You are more of a journalist than the ABC affiliate who "broke" this story. nt
SunSeeker
Jul 2013
#129
I am a few years younger than you, but have actually been first on the scene at several accidents,
niyad
Jul 2013
#139
Hmm, the number of right wing whackadoodles saving people from minivan crashes is about the same as
Thor_MN
Jul 2013
#116
I was too tired to remember how to spell physician.. And didn't think about MD also being a State.
Thor_MN
Jul 2013
#162
I'm not interested enough in George Zimmerman to have an opinion, but this changes nothing about
truthisfreedom
Jul 2013
#124
geez, did any of you read the comments after the article? absolutely vile and disgusting, as
niyad
Jul 2013
#140