FDL Movie Night: The Garrison Tapes — Exploring the JFK Assassination with John Barbour

FDL Movie Night: The Garrison Tapes — Exploring the JFK Assassination with John Barbour FDL Movie Night: The Garrison Tapes — Exploring the JFK Assassination with John Barbour | Firedoglake John Barbour has led a storied life in show business as a writer... More

FDL Movie Night: The Garrison Tapes — Exploring the JFK Assassination with John Barbour FDL Movie Night: The Garrison Tapes — Exploring the JFK Assassination with John Barbour | Firedoglake John Barbour has led a storied life in show business as a writer and producer, and as creator of the first reality TV show Real People; he is the only person to win an Emmy for both entertainment and news, and was critic-at-large for KNBC in Los Angeles. Barbour also became close friends with Jim Garrison, the New Orleans District attorney who brought businessman Clay Shaw to trial for conspiracy in the killing of John Kennedy, and was instrumental in sounding the alarm that a conspiracy was involved in the President's murder. In 1980 at the height of his career with Real People, Barbour interviewed Garrison for NBC news, the interview was re-edited without Barbour's knowledge or permission making Garrison look foolish and unbalanced. Twelve years later, Barbour was able to gain control of the raw f Less