To the Editor;
Sensationalist reporting is harmful to all people involved and has no place our society.
My name is Hussein AL
batat and the story started into the unblinking eyes of the television cameras i was came to despise and spoke in tears today of how life had change for my son, Richard, since he was named a month ago as a suspect in the bombing in Centennial Olympic Park. He is a prisoner in my home, '' that what i was side at a news conference this afternoon . He cannot work. He cannot know any wait for this nightmare to end .'' I begged President Clinton to clear my son's name and asked reporters to spread the word my son was innocent of any wrong doing in the July 27 bombing. My son is a security guard in Centennial Olympic Park and a former sheriff's deputy, was at first hailed as a hero for discovering the bomb and helping to clear people from the area. Then news accounts, including edition of the Atlanta Journal, named him as a suspect since then, television and news executives have repeatedly debated the intense attention focused on Jewell, with most deciding that too many people know he was a suspect for his name to be avoided or suppressed. Richard was not able to see his Friend before he died. They watch and photograph everything we do .We wake up to photographers, we go to sleep with photographers. We cannot look out the windows. We cannot walk our dogs without being followed down the sidewalk. I was not just saddened and hurt by the ordeal, but was also angry. Also we are not just the family this happen to as or we do the mistakes . There is many more like lady Dyana how the media destroy her life. as a result of the media's tolerance for irresponsible reporting, my family and I are a few more victims of sensationalism at its worst. On behalf of all victims of sensationalism, we demand a formal apology.