Friday, March 30, 2012

Did ABC News Purposely Use Unnecessary Chyron to Cover Up Zimmerman's Head Bruise?

Why is your "ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE" chyron covering up the back of George Zimmerman's head in the police surveillance video of him arriving at the police station soon after Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Florida? There is a big controversy out there as to whether Zimmerman actually did suffer certain injuries including a bruise to the back of his head during the fight with Martin. You would think ABC News would allow an unobstructed view of the back of Zimmerman's head. Instead the head was covered for much of the time by a completely redundant chyron since there was already an unobtrusive ABC News label in the lower right of the screen. article here

The very information that this 87 second video is supposed to reveal is hidden by ABC with graphics, while they tell the audience that there is nothing to see, no wound, what is the cop looking for as he studies the back of Zimmerman's head at about 50 seconds?
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Is this what the cop is looking at as he checks Zimmerman's head? Is this what the police report says was bleeding from the back of his head? Does anyone really expect to see bruising on this grainy video, from fresh injuries on an Hispanic? Why doesn't the media speculate on what this inches long mark is, or inform the public that Zimmerman had already been cleaned up and treated by EMTs before he is shown on this video?
The photo the media eventually had to show


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