re richard jewell. 24 hours after the bombing i talked at length with a sr 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 he’s just a person of interest.
when the truth emerged i apologized.— Tom Brokaw (@tombrokaw) December 25, 2019
nbc made a substantial $ payment to the family without going through contentious negotiaton.
richard and his mother went through a painful time which i deeply regret. i hope we all learned a lesson, includjng the FBI which was my principal source— Tom Brokaw (@tombrokaw) December 25, 2019
No, they didn’t care then and they haven’t learned their lesson now.
Via Twitchy:
The bombing at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta soon had the media, citing investigative sources, reporting that security guard Richard Jewell was a suspect. That reporting turned out to be untrue, and Tom Brokaw, who was the anchor of the NBC Evening News at the time, had this to say.
It looks like a certain television journalist might have seen “Richard Jewell”: