Yesterday I told you about the “exclusive” video from ABC’s Matt Gutman, showing lacerations on the back of George Zimmerman’s head. One problem: this report directly contradicted Gutman’s report from just a few days earlier, declaring that there were no signs of injury. Gutman publicly questioned our own Matt Boyle about Boyle’s story contradicting the ABC report, and then Gutman reversed himself a few days later without noting the reversal or crediting the Daily Caller (or blaming us, as the case may be).
Gutman is active on Twitter, and he responded to me there about this. Here’s our conversation:
@jtLOL @ABC @DailyCaller @yahoocutline actually our reporting was correct –always said the vid shows no sign of blood or trauma on GZ
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) April 3, 2012
@mattgutmanABC @ABC @DailyCaller @yahoocutline Are you joking?
— ‘Jim’ ‘Treacher’ (@jtLOL) April 3, 2012
@jtLOL always.
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) April 3, 2012
@mattgutmanABC That would explain it, then, because you just refuted your own “exclusive” yesterday.
— ‘Jim’ ‘Treacher’ (@jtLOL) April 3, 2012
Were George Zimmerman’s injuries consistent with police reports or not? @mattgutmanABC can’t seem to decide.
— ‘Jim’ ‘Treacher’ (@jtLOL) April 3, 2012
@jtLOL injuries on GZ are immaterial: law protects him if he can prove feared for his life. Full stop.@ABC has taken no side.
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) April 3, 2012
@mattgutmanABC @abc First the big scoop was “No injuries.” Then the big scoop was “Oh yeah, injuries.” Now it doesn’t matter either way?
— ‘Jim’ ‘Treacher’ (@jtLOL) April 3, 2012
I haven’t heard back from him. So here’s the progression of the story:
- Zimmerman wasn’t injured, like he claimed he was!
- Oh wait, okay, looks like Zimmerman was injured. Like he claimed he was.
- Or maybe not.
- You know what? It really doesn’t matter either way.
If this doesn’t seem right to you, shut up.
As for Gutman not taking sides, the lovely and talented blogger Sister Toldjah isn’t buying it. She’s been cataloging Gutman’s public statements on the case, again on Twitter. Here’s just one:
Sanford FL neighborhood watch captain who shot 17 yr old teen bc he was black, wore hoodie walking slowly, likely not 2 be arrested.#Trayvon
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) March 13, 2012
That’s right: Way back on March 13, Matt Gutman of ABC News publicly declared that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin because he was black.
See Sister Toldjah for more evidence of Gutman “not taking sides.” I sure would hate to see where he goes when he does take sides on a case.