Annie
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I looked all the sources on the first few pages and all of them are repeat of the New York Times story which gives no source or name.
NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida.
The person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action who declined to be identified discussing internal company matters. They also declined to name the fired producer. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment.
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Inside NBC, there was shock that the segment had been broadcast. Citing an anonymous network executive, Reuters reported that the Today shows editorial control policies which include a script editor, senior producer oversight and in most cases legal and standards department reviews of material to be broadcast missed the selective editing of the call.
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We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers, the network said.
It did not specify what steps it would take. But one day later it dismissed a Miami-based producer who had worked at NBC for several years.
NBC declined to name names but claims the responsible producer was fired.
Really? How do you know that? How do you know the person wasn't moved to an affiliate? Seriously.