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The Washington Post is trying to help its sister-Obama-outlet NBC News in its battle with George Zimmerman. Last week Zimmerman filed suit against NBC Universal alleging that when NBC News mis-edited the 911 call he made before Martin was shot, he was defamed because it looked as though he uttered racial remarks.
The Post argues that Zimmerman should be judged as a public figure, not a private one, which would make his case for defamation much harder to prove.
The Post asserts that Zimmerman was a public figure at the time of the mis-edited 911 call because he had appeared on Sean Hannity’s TV show.

And here’s the kicker that makes the Post’s claims ridiculous: the NBC mis-edits occurred in late March; Zimmerman didn’t appear on Hannity until months later.