Actor Don Cheadle took to Twitter tonight in outrage over NBC News deceptively editing the 911 tape in the Trayvon Martin case to make George Zimmerman sound racist.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187691636342538240
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187692188606533633
After those three tweets Cheadle retweeted this tweet from @MarconiRebus.
https://twitter.com/#!/MarconiRebus/status/187692167484022788
Cheadle then went back to pointing out how awful NBC’s editing of the 911 tapes were and how important the slight is. He even seemed to agree that NBC was trying to forward a specific narrative at the cost of the facts.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187693962549673984
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187694560221204481
He also didn’t buy any defenses of NBC put up by some of his followers.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187695319016947714
Cheadle even suggested NBC demote the person responsible for the edit.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187696301587185664
He expressed his concern that what NBC did might damage the chances that justice is done in the case.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187697045090476032
The actor finished off his spot on criticism of NBC News with an endorsement of the principles that the American justice system is based on.
https://twitter.com/#!/IamDonCheadle/status/187697698877620224
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