My name is Barbara Jewell, the mother of Richard Jewell. I'm writing you to tell you how
angry I am that your paper story has hurt my son and I and ruined both our lives.
Your paper reported said that he was a murderer without finding out the proper facts.
Because reporters follow him everywhere and the way the public sees him now, Richard has become a prisoner is his own home. He had to avoid going to see a dying friend because
he didn't want the press to follow and invade his friend's privacy. Your reporters have rented a apartment across the
street so they can watch and film us twenty-four hours a day. Even now, though the truth of my son's innocence has come out, your reporters bother us all the time. You owe us a public apology and to print the truth that my son, who saved many lives that day, is a hero - not a murder!
Like my son, the press also hurt Oliver Sipple - a man who saved the life of President Ford - by printing about his private life. They also bothered Rosa Lopez - a important witness in the O.J. Simpson trial - so much that she left the country.
A person's right to privacy is very important for a good life. Without it no one can live in peace.
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Ahmed, this is a very good letter to the editior that clearly explains the harmfulness of the media in reference to the course reading. Good work! 10/10
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