Clint Eastwood Atlanta bombing film criticised over `sex-for-tips` reporter
(The Guardian Culture News)

Newspaper says portrayal of reporter in Richard Jewell film undermines confidence in media and law enforcement agenciesClint Eastwood´s new film Richard Jewell has been criticised for its portrayal of one of the key journalists involved in reporting on the 1996 Atlanta bombing case on which the film is based.Jewell was a security guard who discovered the bomb and led bystanders away; he was investigated by the FBI for several weeks but never charged. After two further bombings, Eric Robert Rudolph was identified as a suspect, and convicted in 2005. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution controversially named him three days later. Continue reading...