Raw Audio Reveals Kate Couric Documentary Manipulated Pro-Gun Activist Interview

From the very start, there was no doubt as to how serious Couric and her colleagues were about exploring this “charged” issue. Speaking in an interview on The Today Show, Couric dismissed claims that gun owners have been able to stop crimes as a “specious argument,” reflecting her refusal to even engage in meaningful debate with gun rights supporters. But in case it wasn’t obvious enough, the revelation that Under The Gun manipulated footage and audio to undermine it’s opponents case has alerted others to the unreliability of the documentary:

“Under the Gun has been labeled ‘dishonest politicking in the guise of media coverage,’ ‘loose with the facts,’ and ‘a full-length assault on guns and the Second Amendment’ by those in the gun community since its debut on May 15.

The Virginia Citizens Defense League labeled the deceptively edited segment featured in the film ‘unbelievable and extremely unprofessional.’ Philip Van Cleave, the organization’s president, said the editing was done deliberately to make it appear that league members didn’t have a response to Couric’s question.

‘Katie Couric asked a key question during an interview of some members of our organization,’ he said. ‘She then intentionally removed their answers and spliced in nine seconds of some prior video of our members sitting quietly and not responding. Viewers are left with the misunderstanding that the members had no answer to her question.’

Nora Ryan, the chief of staff for EPIX, the cable channel that is airing the documentary, told theFree Beacon in an email, ‘Under the Gun is a critically-acclaimed documentary that looks at the polarizing and politicized issue of gun violence, a subject that elicits strong reactions from people on both sides. EPIX stands behind Katie Couric, director Stephanie Soechtig, and their creative and editorial judgment. We encourage people to watch the film and decide for themselves.’

Requests for comment from Couric and the film’s director, Stephanie Soechtig, have not been returned, though they did speak to The Washington Post.”

Here’s the edited interview:

Here’s the raw audio:

Source: Washington Free Beacon