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Fact check:

- Mark Zuckerberg was 12 years old on July 27, 1996.

- Richard Jewell was cleared on 10/2/96.
#Exoneration">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell #Exoneration

-">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich... There was no Facebook-like social media in 1996.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media

-">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time... Facebook was launched on 2/4/04.
#Facebook">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg #Facebook

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Fact check:- Mark Zuckerberg was 12 years old on July 27, 1996.- Richard Jewell was cleared on 10/2/96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich... There was no Facebook-like social media in 1996. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time... Facebook was launched on 2/4/04. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark...

- Lin Wood knows that social media did not exist in 1996.
https://archive.vn/gCuss

-">https://archive.vn/gCuss&quo... Wood was Jewell’s attorney from 1996 until past his death (from natural causes) in 2007.
https://archive.vn/glbjl
https://archive.vn/glbjl&quo... href=" #Death">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell #Death

#1">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich... in above tweet: https://archive.vn/hE9s9

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- Lin Wood knows that social media did not exist in 1996. https://archive.vn/gCuss&quo... Wood was Jewell’s attorney from 1996 until past his death (from natural causes) in 2007. https://archive.vn/glbjl&quo... href=

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich... in above tweet: https://archive.vn/hE9s9&quo..." title="- Lin Wood knows that social media did not exist in 1996. https://archive.vn/gCuss&quo... Wood was Jewell’s attorney from 1996 until past his death (from natural causes) in 2007. https://archive.vn/glbjl&quo... href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell #Death #1">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich... in above tweet: https://archive.vn/hE9s9&quo...">

- Jewell was cleared before he could ever be charged. There was no court case. There was no criminal “defense”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich...

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- Facebook was initially only open to college and later high school students. The general public could not join until 9/26/06.

L: #Facebook">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook #Facebook
R:">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist... #Timeline">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook #Timeline

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- Facebook was initially only open to college and later high school students. The general public could not join until 9/26/06. L: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist...

- In a Google search from 7/27/96-8/29/07 there are no quotes from Zuckerberg calling Jewell a “mass murderer”. The only results I’m getting cite Wood’s tweet.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22mark+zuckerberg%22+%22mass+murderer%22+%22richard+jewell%22&sxsrf=ALeKk0269mHRnzh1QTKxTX8xRNv3yM8wQA%3A1599407965359&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A7%2F27%2F1996%2Ccd_max%3A8%2F29%2F2007&tbm=

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- Wood to WSJ in 1996: "We& #39;re going to sue everyone from A to Z”.

- All but one of Jewell’s libel lawsuits was settled out of court before Facebook launched.

NBC settled in December 1996.
https://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/nbc-settles-suit-with-jewell-1117466425/
https://variety.com/1996/scen... href=" https://archive.vn/BX6WE

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CNN settled in January 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB852243878707946000
https://www.wsj.com/articles/... href=" https://archive.vn/ByFxL

Piedmont">https://archive.vn/ByFxL&quo... College, Jewell’s former employer, settled in August 1997.
https://apnews.com/76a822254db8bf433368eedb10d7c58a
https://apnews.com/76a822254... href=" https://archive.vn/F12ET

(cases">https://archive.vn/F12ET&quo... continued below)
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Richard Jewell reaches monetary settlement with former employer

archived 6 Sep 2020 14:40:39 UTC

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB852243878707946000

The New York Post settled sometime between November 1998 & March 1999.
https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/t3jlwzg9/new-york-southern-district-court/jewell-v-nyp-holdings-inc/
https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/t... href=" https://archive.vn/DwVGL

ABC">https://archive.vn/DwVGL&quo... settled in November 1999.
https://apnews.com/0315d26d9570481ba16f0c178c66ba64
https://apnews.com/0315d26d9... href=" https://archive.vn/mHRH2

(Wikipedia">https://archive.vn/mHRH2&quo... also mentions a lawsuit against the FBI that I can’t find.)

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- The only case that was not settled before Facebook’s launch was against The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution. Litigation went on until 2019.

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I can’t find a timeline of the court cases involving Jewell, his estate, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution but The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ( @rcfp) appears to have the most comprehensive coverage.
https://www.rcfp.org/?s=richard+jewell

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You searched for richard jewell - The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

https://www.rcfp.org/?s=richard+jewell

- A Georgia trial court found that AJC’s reporting was accurate and dismissed other claims. A trial court dismissed the final claim in December 2007, just after Jewell’s death.
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/us/13brfs-jewell.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/1... href=" https://archive.vn/n55Dz

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Georgia: Final Libel Claim in Olympic Bombing Case Is Dismissed - The…

archived 6 Sep 2020 16:34:02 UTC

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/us/13brfs-jewell.html

- The trial court decision was affirmed on appeal in 2012 (Georgia Court of Appeals) and 2019 (Georgia Supreme Court).
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/court-denies-appeal-jewell-suit/QKnKVWKTcZBtPsKrXSdoLN/
https://www.ajc.com/news/loca... href=" https://archive.is/zb2ng

https://archive.is/zb2ng&quo... href=" https://www.ajc.com/news/local/court-upholds-ruling-jewell-suit/7T3NVagEyDY2zBM3TuV41I/
https://www.ajc.com/news/loca... href=" https://archive.vn/gyBYp

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Ga. court upholds ruling in Jewell suit

archived 6 Sep 2020 15:26:34 UTC

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/court-denies-appeal-jewell-suit/QKnKVWKTcZBtPsKrXSdoLN/

Additional context for Wood’s tweets from Forbes. Wood is representing Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Illinois teenager who shot three people (2 died) at protests in Kenosha, WI.

#7fb1be5f2120">https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/09/04/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-blames-richard-jewell-smear-on-facebook---8-years-before-it-launched/ #7fb1be5f2120
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kar... href=" https://archive.vn/D102N
https://archive.vn/D102N&quo... href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_protests

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s Attorney Blames Richard Jewell Smear On Facebook — 8 Years Before It Launched

The post, which L. Lin Wood later updated, comes as he and attorney John Pierce use social media to attract support -- and cash -- for the teen accused of shooting three Kenosha protesters, while...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/09/04/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-blames-richard-jewell-smear-on-facebook---8-years-before-it-launched/#7fb1be5f2120

Via @jaredlholt & @jasondashbailey.
https://archive.vn/kxAPd
https://archive.vn/kxAPd&quo... href=" https://archive.vn/oIeRZ

⬩">https://archive.vn/oIeRZ&quo...

https://archive.vn/oIeRZ&quo..." title="Via @jaredlholt & @jasondashbailey. https://archive.vn/kxAPd&quo... href=" https://archive.vn/oIeRZ ⬩">https://archive.vn/oIeRZ&quo...">

Lin Wood has been on Twitter since 2010. He knows exactly how to use the platform. It’s immaterial that some of you can speculate that his tweet about Zuckerberg calling Jewell a “mass murderer” was sarcasm/satire/mockery. Some people won’t know this. ↓

I didn’t even pick up the numbers are wrong. 2 killed, 111 injured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing

Wood’s">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent... tweet is false. Not everyone will remember that Facebook wasn’t available to the public until 2006 or know that Zuckerberg was 12 at the time of the bombing.

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I didn’t even pick up the numbers are wrong. 2 killed, 111 injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent... tweet is false. Not everyone will remember that Facebook wasn’t available to the public until 2006 or know that Zuckerberg was 12 at the time of the bombing. ↓

Wood didn’t connect his follow up tweet which states that he knew social media didn’t exist in 1996 which means the majority of people won’t see it. First tweet currently at 9.2 retweets/18K likes. Follow up at 2.4K retweets/6K likes.

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This thread is for folks who looked at Wood’s tweet and thought it was true or who wanted more context.

Not going to sit here reading replies about how I misunderstood Wood’s tweet. I am muting this thread.

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