Posted on 12/27/2019 10:35:07 AM PST by Eddie01
Longtime NBC anchor Tom Brokaw issued an apology to Richard Jewell, the security guard who saved lives in the aftermath of the 1996 Atlanta, Georgia, bombing and later became a prime suspect.
Jewell, whose story was recently turned into a movie by Clint Eastwood, started evacuating people from Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Olympics after he spotted the bomb. Days later, media outlets began reporting that Jewell was the primary suspect in the attack. His innocence, however, was announced after months of speculation.
Brokaw, one of the journalists who reported that Jewell was a suspect, apologized on social media on Christmas.
He tweeted, "re richard jewell. 24 hours after the bombing i talked at length with a [senior FBI] official - who did not wave me off jewel as a suspect. i reported that and speculated why. but my last line was for now hes just a person of interest. when the truth emerged i apologized."
He added in a subsequent tweet, writing, "nbc made a substantial $ payment to the family without going through contentious [negotiation]. richard and his mother went through a painful time which i deeply regret. i hope we all learned a lesson, [including] "
At the time, Brokaw reported, The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case, in their language. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case," according to a 2016 article in the Guardian.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first published the claim that Jewell was a suspect, and CNN followed minutes later, while Brokaw was not far behind.
NBC News was one of a couple of media outlets that settled lawsuits with Jewell in the aftermath of their erroneous reporting. It paid the security guard $500,000, Bob Costas, who defended Jewell's right to due process, told the Associated Press in 1997. As part of the settlement, however, the outlet did not issue a retraction or apology for the news report.
Jewell died in 2007 from a struggle with diabetes.
Perfect
For 22 freakin’ years Tom Brokaw carried the deep state narrative, lying to America and protecting communists for 5720 weekdays straight.
... and to this very day he carries the deep state narrative, but now he want’s his fraudulent legacy as “newsman” protected?
NO SALE Tommy!
Wouldnt be the last time the truth would emerge on a Brokaw report
But, man, you’re never going to get any truth from us. We’ll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We’ll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker’s house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don’t worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he’s going to win. We’ll tell you any s... you want to hear.
We deal in *illusions*, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds... We’re all you know. You’re beginning to believe the illusions we’re spinning here. You’re beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even *think* like the tube! This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God’s name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion!
So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I’m speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF...
-Howard Beale (Network, 1976)
Always shooting their mouth off before verifying details; but that’s the way they do things.
They still eat it though.
They ruined his life, and didn’t care. What’s the life of one old fat White man?
Brokaw: “i reported that and speculated why”
The above quote says it all. Brokaw knew from his “senior” FBI source that the government was fishing for leads to arrest Jewel. Brokaw didn’t care about Jewel. He cared only about bragging to his adoring fans about how connected he was to the FBI and how he could enlighten them about the progress of the investigation. Now that Jewel is dead, and Clint Eastwood rightly has portrayed the media as hyenas, Brokaw is sorry. Too little, too late.
So, does that mean we have to wait 22 years for the apology about the Russian election interference/Steele Dossier/FISA warrant lies?
The deep state was feeding Brokaw his lines no different than today.
Hard to wrap your head around, but true.
There was no journalism back then as there is no journalism today, just deep state propaganda only packaged such that it appeared credible.
The deep state handed Rather the memos and he was told to go on air and give them credibility, but he got caught by none other than our very own Buckhead.
Now the mask if off and Brokaw wants us to believe there was another time when journalists were impartial and great newsmen like Brokaw had integrity beyond reproach.
That is all complete BS and Brokaw was one of the very worst ever. It's just he never got caught red handed like Rather and Williams.
My opinion anyway FWIW...
You ALL tried to crucify him, just like you are all trying to do to Special Ops Chief Eddie Gallagher now- liberal media are scum of the earth- You all didn’t ‘unintentionally get it wrong’- You all INTENTIONALLY got it wrong in your attempt to destroy Richard Jewell and now Special Ops Chief Eddie Gallagher- You’ve destroyed folks like Mike Flynn and others-
Sorry- your apology is not accepted- you all don’t mean it- ever!! Your apology is worthless!
Notice how so many in the media and entertainment industry just toss an “I’m sorry” statement over the wall, yet they will not accept anything such from a conservative.
The mainstream media has been colluding with the FB-lie since 1996?
Hi.
“FUTB!”
Yep.
5.56mm
I bet! Brokaw has about as much sympathy for Richard Jewell as the abortionist woman has for the babies whose vocal cords she severed so she wouldn’t hear them screaming . . .
They havent learned shit.
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No, in fact they have only gotten worse.
They know what they are reporting as news is propaganda.
Tom didn’t have “sources” at the FBI, he worked for them reporting what they needed reported.
...and yes, Tom put err’d and put down a marker at 1996, but the FBI was founded July 26, 1908.
The FBI’s history of manipulating the news likely started sometime in the first half of the 20th century and progressed from there.
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