To: Land Shark  who wrote (87856 ) 5/2/2012 7:39:35 PM From: joseffy     Respond to    of 89467  Crooked Lefty Media On Display                                                                              Another Misleading Edit Costs Another NBC News Employee Her Job	                                                                                                        By Chris Ariens   on May 2, 2012 mediabistro.com   		   Lilia Luciano  , a Miami-based   NBC News correspondent, is no longer working for the network, TVNewser   has learned.  Luciano last reported for NBC News March 31. Until that point, she had been reporting mainly on the Trayvon   Martin  story. Sources tell TVNewser   Luciano’s dismissal came after an investigation which also   led to the firing    of a seasoned NBC News producer over a similar, misleading edit. In a   story for the “Today” show on March 20, Luciano used part of the   George Zimmerman     911 call  in which an entire phrase (italicized below) was taken from a later part of the conversation:  Zimmerman : This guy looks like he’s up to no good or on drugs or something. He’s got his hand in his waistband. And he’s a black male.   Dispatcher : Are you following him?  Zimmerman : Yeah.  Dispatcher : Okay, we don’t need you to do that.  A week later, on March 27, another correspondent,   Ron Allen   used similar audio from that 911 call in his story, leaving out the dispatcher’s follow-up   question.  Zimmerman : This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.  As   we’ve reported , here’s how the conversation actually happened:  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 white, black, or Hispanic?  Zimmerman : He looks black.  That edit resulted in the dismissal of the NBC News Miami  producer. NBC News confirms with TVNewser   that Luciano is no longer with  the network. She   joined NBC News  from Univision   just 18 months ago.  Luciano is the third NBC employee to have lost their job over this story. As TVSpy     reported last week , WTVJ   reporter   Jeff Burnside   was fired for a similar circumstance.