It was edited by someone at NBC News so that when Zimmerman says "he looks black," it sounds as if he is injecting race, racial profiling and a connection between being black and being up to no good, into the tragic scenario, rather than factually answering a question.
Here's what NBC News doctored tape had Zimmerman saying:
"This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black."
But here's what was really said without the edit:
Zimmerman: "This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about."
911 operator: "Okay. And this guy, is he white, black, or Hispanic?"
Zimmerman: "He looks black."
You don't need me to tell you the edit feels every bit as egregious as the sort of thing the late Andrew Breitbart did in a couple of infamous instances on his websites.
For the record, NBC News says it has been investigating the situation for two days now. Please.
In every newsroom I ever worked in management would have an answer to that kind of journalistic malfeasance within an hour.