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Cable network says it still believes its coverage was `fair and accurate'
News organizations facing litigation from Richard Jewell might want to follow the path of CNN and NBC and consider out-of-court settlements with the former Olympics bomb suspect, according to some media observers.
Just weeks after NBC agreed to pay Jewell an estimated $500,000, CNN on Tuesday said it had reached an unspecified settlement of its own with the former security guard. Despite agreeing to the settlement, CNN officials said they continue to believe their coverage provided a "fair and accurate review" of the events that unfolded following last summer's Olympic Park explosion in Atlanta.
Terms of the settlement between CNN and Jewell were not disclosed, and CNN news...