Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Late Correction
RECEIVED Sat., July 4, 2020
Dear Editor,
I realize this article is 10 years old ["Killing the Messenger," News, June 23, 2000] and probably does not get many hits these days. But the part about me complaining about Kathy Fair's (Walt's) accusations on Nightline that I tipped off the Davidians - The 10th Court of Appeals ruled her accusations were false, The congressional report on the "ATF Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell …" states that I did not alert the Davidians and the ATF Director Stephen Higgins has sent me a letter thanking me for my bravery that day. At the request of ATF agents, I ran through gunfire to get to my news unit and call for ambulances and assistance.
This may all seem petty to you, but the story still reads as if I may have had something to do with "tipping off" the Davidians. And that really was the end of my television career. Despite winning four AP awards, a Katy Award, and being nominated for an Emmy I never received another job interview request from a television station after her comments.
Actually, that turned out to be a bit of a blessing though. A few years later an invention called the internet made it tough to earn a living as a journalist. By then I was living in the Middle East doing public affairs for an oil company. :o)
Anyway, I just wanted to clarify the article.
I realize this article is 10 years old ["Killing the Messenger," News, June 23, 2000] and probably does not get many hits these days. But the part about me complaining about Kathy Fair's (Walt's) accusations on Nightline that I tipped off the Davidians - The 10th Court of Appeals ruled her accusations were false, The congressional report on the "ATF Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell …" states that I did not alert the Davidians and the ATF Director Stephen Higgins has sent me a letter thanking me for my bravery that day. At the request of ATF agents, I ran through gunfire to get to my news unit and call for ambulances and assistance.
This may all seem petty to you, but the story still reads as if I may have had something to do with "tipping off" the Davidians. And that really was the end of my television career. Despite winning four AP awards, a Katy Award, and being nominated for an Emmy I never received another job interview request from a television station after her comments.
Actually, that turned out to be a bit of a blessing though. A few years later an invention called the internet made it tough to earn a living as a journalist. By then I was living in the Middle East doing public affairs for an oil company. :o)
Anyway, I just wanted to clarify the article.
Thank you,
John McLemore
John McLemore
