Noah talks with William Lee, a professor of journalism at the University of Georgia, about the Richard Jewell case. Lee discusses whether the news media should be held liable for publicizing that Jewell was a lead suspect in the July 27 bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. An attorney for Richard Jewell today said he expected to bring lawsuits against NBC-TV news anchor Tom Brokaw and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper for defamation of character.

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