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...saga of Richard Jewell, onetime Olympic hero turned bomber suspect reached its conclusion this week, as the FBI cleared him in their continuing investigation, pending further evidence. The news came 88 days after The Atlanta Journal fingered Jewell as the focus of the FBI's probe. Frenzied media hype followed the initial headlines. You remember the camera crews staked outside of the security guard's house, the sensational news headlines and the interviews with psychologists, who were kind enough to explain the "complex" that led Richard Jewell to endanger people's lives. And now, 88 days later, he has been...
...quickly. But without the media's subsequent attack, Jewell's reputation would not have been so permanently scarred. If they had been as skeptical of the FBI probe in July as they are now in late October, we might have known of Richard Jewell's innocence much earlier. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other newspapers were right to print the FBI's leak and to cover the progress of the investigation, but when they took Richard Jewell's life apart piece by piece they violated the public's confidence in them as objective reporters. Either they assumed Jewell's guilt...
...Four strikeouts by Maddux so far, and not one walk--that's control for you," I could imagine the play-by-play announcer saying from Atlanta, as James watched Bill Clinton emerge slowly from behind the lectern, fix the questioner with a fearsomely sincere look, and speak words that were not heard. I found the thought of that disconcerting, but also--well, let's be honest about it--tempting...
...ATLANTA: At least one federal judge believes it is time the FBI leave Richard Jewell alone. Acting on a suit by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester ruled Wednesday that officials investigating the July 27 Olympic Park bombing have five days to release the documents used to obtain warrants to search Jewell's home and car. Delivering his verdict, he said: The court concludes that the Jewell chapter of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing investigation has been closed." He added that the documents can be considered "historical information" rather than evidence...
...ATLANTA: Wade Boggs drew a bases-loaded walk in the top half of the tenth inning and John Wetteland recorded the final two outs as the New York Yankees scraped out a 8-6 victory, evening the series at two. Things began poorly for New York. Starter Kenny Rogers folded 'em in just the third inning, and the Yankees, stymied early by Braves pitcher Denny Neagle, found themselves trailing 6-0 after five. But the Yankees got three in the sixth, and reserve catcher Jim Leyritz tied it in the eighth with a three-run homer off Braves closer Mark...