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2019-11-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

Atlanta Journal-Constipation Editor Questions Accuracy of Clint Eastwood's ‘Richard Jewell' Ahead of Premiere

[The Wrap] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is questioning the accuracy of Clint Eastwood’s film "Richard Jewell" ahead of its premiere on Wednesday.

In a letter obtained by TheWrap, AJC editor-in-chief Kevin G. Riley challenged the portrayal of the newspaper in the film, according to an unnamed colleague Riley said had seen it. Riley said Eastwood depicted Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs trading sex with an FBI agent in exchange for a tip on a story, but he stated that there is no evidence this ever happened and that Scruggs herself is deceased.

Riley also defended the paper’s reporting of the Richard Jewell case, challenging the notion in the film that the paper ran its story based on questionable sourcing, that the paper’s decision making was unsound and that the paper failed to challenge law enforcement’s investigation.

"This is essential because the underlying theme of the movie is that the FBI and press are not to be trusted. Yet the way the press is portrayed often differs from reality," Riley said in the letter to TheWrap on Monday. "As more and more filmmaking has come to Atlanta and Georgia, we’ve gotten a taste of just how difficult it can be to cover this industry. I share this information in the spirit of a fellow journalist who knows how crucial it remains to have solid information when covering demanding stories. It’s also ironic that a film purporting to hold the media to account disregards such crucial facts."

Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-19 06:40|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 "This is essential because the underlying theme of the movie is that the FBI and press are not to be trusted.

The basic theme appears to be incontrovertible.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-19 06:50|| 2019-11-19 06:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The paper that lied about Richard Jewell complains they're being lied about...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-11-19 07:00|| 2019-11-19 07:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Considering that your only defense was that YOU make Richard a public figure, and therefore exploited the judicially created fiction that as such the 14th Amendment of equal protection before the law does not apply to said public figures, you'd better keep a low profile rather than invite attention to such miscarriage of justice.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-19 07:53|| 2019-11-19 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 AJC editor-in-chief Kevin G. Riley challenged the portrayal of the newspaper in the film..

Yuuuup - massively misleading headline. The AJC does not take issue with anything in the movie other than how they were portrayed.

'Other than that, how'd you like the movie?'

Posted by Raj 2019-11-19 09:13|| 2019-11-19 09:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Think about it. When have you ever heard someone say "That bastard never lies! What's wrong with him?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-19 10:15|| 2019-11-19 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Wonder what they said about the film about paedophile harvey milk?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-19 11:27|| 2019-11-19 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 These people live in glass houses.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-11-19 12:25|| 2019-11-19 12:25|| Front Page Top

#8 "Wonder what they said about the film about paedophile harvey milk?"

They sighed longingly and wished they could be such a "man"...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-11-19 18:58|| 2019-11-19 18:58|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Found the bigot! I bet you're the kind of fascist freak who'd have a problem with consenting adults plucking out glass eyes in Starbucks and skull-f-----g one another with humanely-blunted kid-friendly unicorn horns! Weirdo.

Posted by Large Jones4020 2019-11-19 22:45|| 2019-11-19 22:45|| Front Page Top

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