Friday on Political Rewind: In 1964, two Klansmen killed Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, a Black veteran, near the Broad River Bridge in Athens. John Pruitt, then a 22-year-old cameraman for WSB-TV, covered the case. He documents that experience in his novel "Tell It True."

The panel

John Pruitt, former WSB anchor and author, "Tell It True"

Jim Galloway, @JimJournalist, former columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Timestamps

0:00 - Introductions

1:15 - A look at where Herschel Walker’s campaign stands after a bombshell week of scandals

8:00 - Longtime anchorman John Pruitt joins the panel, talks early career

14:00 - John Pruitt talks fiction and creating new circumstances

18:54 - How did Atlanta become a destination in the South?

23:00 - How do you balance changing political movements in a balanced way?

32:00 - Talking about how technology has changed in TV news

44:06 - Talking unsworn statement law in Georgia

47:00 - Transitioning from journalist to author

51:00 - Making history with legendary anchorwoman Monica Kaufman Pearson

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