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beevul

(12,194 posts)
Fri May 27, 2016, 12:57 PM May 2016

Manipulative Editing Reflects Poorly On Katie Couric, Gun Documentary [View all]

Manipulative Editing Reflects Poorly On Katie Couric, Gun Documentary

May 26, 20168:11 PM ET

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David Folkenflik

Katie Couric and the creator of a documentary on guns are apologizing — to a point — for switching around footage to make it falsely appear that members of a Virginia gun rights organization could not summon an answer to a key question on background checks.

An audiotaped recording taken by one of the participants shows otherwise — they spoke extemporaneously for several minutes.

In audio posted on the website Ammoland and shared with the Washington Free Beacon, Couric asks a slightly longer version of the question, even saying she knew what their answer would be. She is immediately met with responses.

This manipulation — and that's what it was — would not pass muster at NPR under its principles for fairness in handling interviews.

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/479655743/manipulative-editing-reflects-poorly-on-couric-and-her-gun-documentary



Those darned kids and their audio recorders...
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