MSNBC and other media outlets might be really struggling to come up with an angle for this one, but fortunately many Twitter users are here to help.
George Zimmerman is often reported as being “in hiding,” but according to Florida authorities he made a recent public appearance:
Police say George Zimmerman emerged from hiding and helped rescue someone trapped in overturned truck – @ABC http://t.co/FoeZlsOXsg
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) July 22, 2013
From ABC News:
The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route Route 46, police said. The crash site is less than a mile from where Zimmerman shot Martin.
By the time police arrived, two people – including Zimmerman – had already helped the family get out of the overturned car, the sheriff’s office said. No one was reported to be injured.
Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after speaking with the deputy, police said.
By the time the story is reported tonight (or should we say if it’s reported), it might sound much different.
Tweeters took the opportunity to predict how the story might be reported on #MSNBCTonight:
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/359365750546370561
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/359364746786508803
#MSNBCTonight Al Sharpton confused about how to handle Zimmerman rescuing people from a…blue car. Not clear cut black and white.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight, is the car blue or white-blue?
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight Would truck have overturned if Zimmerman had not been following it?
— Keith Mac ?? (@Macs_Wax) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight Will repeatedly show the truck as it appeared 5 years ago.
— Keith Mac ?? (@Macs_Wax) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight WHY DO SUVS FROM NON-BAILOUT COMPANIES ROLL SO EASILY?!?!?!?
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight George Zimmerman prolongs the lives of fossil fuel abusers.
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight Edited audio of Zimmerman's 911 call "This is really bad…the truck is black."
— Ian Hanchett (@IanHanchett) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight "What it's like being black in America?" We talk to 3 Harvard educated black men who were raised in Suburbia
— Randy (@ERE1968) July 22, 2013
#MSNBCTonight on Zimmerman. *crickets*
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) July 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/MBGlenn/status/359380840473559040
https://twitter.com/dj19173/status/359374367085441024
LOL! RT @liars_never_win: #MSNBCTonight Obama talks about his truck accident 35 years ago.
— Liberty Chick (@libertychick80) July 22, 2013
Or maybe MSNBC will avoid the Zimmerman rescue story altogether and stick to the kind of hard-hitting investigative journalism that has become their wheelhouse in recent days:
#MSNBCtonight Melissa Harris-Perry demonstrates how to sew together maxipads to use as a sweatband.
— John Boyer (@johnhboyer) July 22, 2013
That sounds more like it.
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