Flashback: Another person who was "Nifonged", Richard Jewell

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell

Within days of the Olympic Park bombing the goons at the FBI and the infantile corporate news media painted a picture of him as the next Timothy McVeigh: the trailer park trash, angry white male, who probably belonged to a citizen militia and had black helicopter delusions. Only problem was that it was not true. He went through hell in the process, and even though he wasn't rich, powerful and well-connected, he was able to formally clear his name. He won a $500,000 judgment from NBC too.

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1. His case is a classic example of why people should distrust 98% of what the media prints

The media is more concerned with getting the story first than they are getting it correct.

I'm a firm believer in a free press. But, the irresponsible behavior of a lot of these a**wipes disgusts me.