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ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION v. JEWELL

Nos. A01A1564-A01A1566.

555 S.E.2d 175 (2001)

251 Ga. App. 808

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION et al. v. JEWELL (Two Cases). Jewell v. Cox Enterprises, Inc. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied February 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Peter C. Canfield, Sean R. Smith, Thomas M. Clyde, James A. Demetry, Atlanta, for appellants.

L. Lin Wood, Jr., Atlanta, G. Watson Bryant, Jr., David B. Hornsby, Jonesboro, Mahaley C. Paulk, for appellee.

Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, David E. Hudson, Augusta, amicus curiae.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

These cases arise from coverage by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of the 1996 bombing in Centennial Olympic Park and Richard Jewell's involvement in that incident. The initial media coverage of the Olympic Park bombing portrayed Jewell as a hero for his role in discovering the bomb, alerting authorities, and evacuating bystanders from the immediate vicinity, no doubt saving lives. Subsequently...

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