“We are asking only that the truth be told.' An Atlanta paper takes aim at Clint Eastwood's 'Richard Jewell' over its portrayal of their Olympic bombing coverage
, in which it was determined that the paper’s articles “in their entirety were substantially true at the time they were published.”played a role in Jewell’s ultimate exoneration, noting that it wasreporters who uncovered the fact that Jewell couldn’t have made the 911 phone call the bomber made because he was several blocks away from the pay phone when the call was placed.
The letter notes that the film attributes this discovery to Jewell’s lawyer, adding, “The film’s intentional falsification of the facts in this regard, so they fit its predetermined storyline to portray theThefilmmakers “completely disregarded” the information the paper and its representatives provided after viewing an early version of the film.
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