2. Movie "The Hurricane" (1999) came out while I was working for the National Post. Ken Whyte, Post editor, hated movie & Carter.
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3. Aptly named Whyte was convinced Carter was really guilty, based on this crappy article from American Spectator: http://www.unz.org/Pub/AmSpectator-1986feb-00031?View=PDF …
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4. Whyte commissioned article to "prove" Carter was really guilty.
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5. Article actually came to opposite conclusion: that overwhelming evidence exonerated Carter. But headlines worded to suggest otherwise
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6. Carter's lawyers, of course, contacted the Post. Which apologized and said they didn't mean to suggest he was guilty (not true, alas)
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7. Someone should ask Ken Whyte about all this - why he thought it was a good idea to smear Rubin Carter a 2nd time.
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