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Jake Stern

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8. That Clint Eastwood made this movie doesn't change the facts

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Original post)

Sun Nov 17, 2019, 12:39 AM

Nov 2019

Richard Jewell was convicted by the media, especially after his name was leaked by Janet Reno's DOJ.

He was damn near railroaded by the FBI.

In 1997, after the then US attorney general Janet Reno offered him an apology, Jewell sued a number of media outlets. NBC, whose Tom Brokaw had told audiences that the FBI "probably have enough evidence to arrest"; CNN, which had used a psychologist to announce that Jewell fitted the profile of a "lone bomber"; and the New York Post, which called him a "fat, failed former sheriff's deputy", all settled out of court. The Journal-Constitution fought back, claiming they had merely reported what the FBI was investigating.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/26/guardianobituaries.usa

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Approximately 23 years ago Richard Jewell got royally screwed after the Atlanta Olympics bombing... [View all] Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 OP

Eastwood is a piece of shit wanna be tough guy. Is he planning any Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2019 #1

This flotsam Nov 2019 #2

From What I've Heard, This Is Little More Than A Hit Piece On "The Media" ChoppinBroccoli Nov 2019 #3

That is what I expect, Eastwood is trying to make Jewell a christofascist martyr. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #4

Ummmm he WAS the victim of an overzealous media Jake Stern Nov 2019 #6

yeah that is what royally screwed means, that doesn't make him a poster boy for Trumpists. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author dware Dec 2019 #10

So I was right across the street from Centennial Park when the bomb went off. Anon-C Nov 2019 #5

This Episode RobinA Nov 2019 #7

That Clint Eastwood made this movie doesn't change the facts Jake Stern Nov 2019 #8