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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Richard Jewell sued successfully a number of the real institutions involved in portraying him as the Atlanta bomber.
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Every media outlet that Jewell sued settled with him except for the Atlanta Constitution. Jewell died in 2007 at age 44 and by the time that case went to trial he had already died. The courts ruled that the Atlanta Constitution wasn't liable because when they printed the story, the facts of the case were believed to be true. I don't know how that could be when the facts of the case are incorrect. How ironic that the reporter Kathy Scruggs who broke the story, as wrong as it may be, worked for that newspaper and they didn't have to pay.