"the atlanta journal-constitution," the newspaper where scruggs worked, says scruggs is being unfairlynd are asking warner brothers to include a disclaimer in the movie. this morning wilde now speaking out tweeting, contrary to a swath of recent headlines i do not believe that kathy traded sex for tips. nothing in my research suggests that she did so and it was never my intention to suggest she had. that would be ang appalling and misogynistic dismissal of the difficult work. eastwood is also defending the research behind the film. >> well, there's only so much research you can do. you can't live inside the people because they no longer exist. she did find the answer to it so how she did it, nobody probably will ever probably really know. >> in a statement warner brothers said the film is based on a wide range of highly credible sourced material. "richard jewell" hits theaters today. >>> more are coming forward to say their ring home security cameras have been hacked. a texas homeowner says a stranger hacked into his camera and demanded a ransom. in other cases, people are reporting st

scruggs reportedly struggled with substance abuse and passed away in 2001. all the material i could find on her and they all seem to corroborate the fact that she was somewhat on the wild side. >> reporter: overnight scruggs' brother said his sister was not a saint but says she would never do anything to compromise the ethics and standards of the profession she loved. olivia wilde also has a tweet where she calls the story a fictional dramatization and says as i understood it, kathy and the fbi agent who leaked information to her were in a pre-existing relationship, not a transactional exchange of sex for information. the movie comes out today so people can see what all the drama is about for themselves. >> thank you. >> thank you, linsey. >>> coming up next on "gma" the inside story of the con man behind two of the biggest boy bands, backstreet boys and 'nsync. 'nsync. you got your own car, with your own insurance. no more driving that old hand-me-down. did you trade it in? my parents handed it down to my little brother. - you ready? - yea. surprise! no. no

she originally said the movie very strongly implies that she -- that kathy scruggs, the character theeet the story and at first she defended it as sexist, that people were criticizing her because she was being sexual which completely missed the point of what people were upset which was the ethical consideration of a reporter and especially a female reporter which in film has a very kind of long ignominious history sleeping with a source in order to get a story. she then tried to clean that up and said that that wasn't the way that she read it and that wasn't her understanding of kathy scruggs but it's hard to have seen the film and come away with really any other impression that that's what they were implying? >> interesting. her tweet says i do not believe kathy traded sex for tips. nothing in my research suggested she did so and never my intention to suggest she had. "bombshell" looks at the culture in politics behind the scenes at fox news and got several nominations for the s.a.g. awards and megyn kelly is reacting to it saying it was incredibly emotional watching charlize theron p

. >> reporter: but this morning, the movie's release sparking a new drama, surrounding kathy scruggs,led a hero. >> there's a scene in the movie, where she trades sex for the story tip, which is not true. that never happened. i just thought, wow. they really did that, to someone who's dead and can't defend herself. >> reporter: editor kevin riley at "the atlanta constitution" where scruggs worked said the scene is appalling. he is asking for a prominent disclaimer, instead of onee cre. >> kathy scruggs was an interesting personality. how she did it, nobody will probably ever really know. but it could have certainly happened this way. >> reporter: warner brothers calls the claims baseless. writing, it is unfortunate and the ultimate irony that "the atlanta-journal konconstitution one of the callers of richard jewel, is going after our cast. as for olivia wilde, she said i did not believe kathy traded sex for tips. it was never my intention to suggest she had. >> this man's name is richard jewel, he's a hero. >> reporter: now, as the movie captures the real-life chaos of the title chara

. >> reporter: the film itself has sparked controversy for portrayal of kathy scruggs. it's implied she had sex with the fbi agent who leaked that jewell was a suspect. this week lawyers sent a letter to clint eastwood and his team calling it entirely false and malicious. >> i can understand why everybody'd get defensive on this thing, but the plain facts are, they were the first ones to notify the public that this was going on, but i don't hold it against them. i read their paper. it seems fine. >> hollywood takes artistic liberties. while i appreciate their opinions, if they think it's going to extinguish what we're trying to do with the jewell family, they'd be incorrect. >> reporter: olivia wilde tweeted, i do not believe that kathy traded sex for tips. on october 26, 1996, after 88 days of scrutiny and investigation, jewell's name was finally cleared. jewell successfully sued several media companies for defamation. do you, when you see the movie, feel like your son will be vindicated finally in history? >> finally. but, after 23 why not -- why couldn't they have se

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howard: the movie clearly implies that the late reporter kathy scruggs played by olivia wilde was sleepingthe story. the constitution is demanding eastwood and warner brothers issue a statement that some events were fictionalized. warner brothers says the complaint is baseless. it is based on a wide range of highly credible source material. eastwood says the newspaper is trying to rationalize what it did. if the film-makers don't have the evidence to back that up. they should admit it is fiction. "time" magazine's pick as "person of the year," 16-year-old climate activist greta thunberg was controversial. president trump drew intense flak from mocking her, that she should work on anger management program. they thought it would be -- "washington free beacon" touted biggest exclusive the time before, the time had picked whistleblower. not much of an exclusive when it turns out not to be true. check out the media buzz meter podcast. subscribe at apple itunes, google play, fox news podcast.com or on your amazon device to help you also follow our facebook page. we post my daily columns there. l

the atlantic journal of constitution kathy scruggs had sex with an fbi agent in order to get a storyidence to support this. lola, do you think this controversy we're hearing about now has marred the release of the film? >> well, you never want negative buzz going into a film and you never want the editor in chief of a newspaper to come out and denounce the film. you also don't want one of the stars of the film, olivia wilde, who, before this film, extremely popular to now have to defend this movie and her portrayal. this is not the way you want to roll out a film. >> i did want to talk about that. we can pull up what she wrote on twitter. olivia wilde, she said, i do not believe that kathy traded sex for tips. nothing in my research suggested she did so, and it was never my intention to suggest she had. that would be an appalling and misogynistic dismissal of the difficult work she did. is that tweet a little too late? >> it might be a little too late but i think what's interesting in going to your point, as this movie is being rolled out and as you see these tweets pop up, i see art