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    Manipulative Editing Reflects Poorly On Katie Couric, Gun Documentary

    -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.

    "That was not a tough question," Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens' Defense League, told NPR. He said he observed the interview in person as it occurred. "That was not a question that our members would not know the answer to. It's kind of like sins of omission."

    The documentary, Under the Gun, focuses on issues of gun violence and safety. In April 2015, Couric interviewed members of the league in Washington, D.C., for the film. One of her questions: "If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?"

    In the film, nine seconds of silence ensue as members of the gun rights group are shown looking away or at the floor...

    http://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/479655...un-documentary

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