I find it a little odd that they are as concerned about a possible altered event (and worried the person has died and cannot defend themselves) as the larger implications of the movie.
The cynical part of me finds it ironic that the SF Chronicle, reflective of the worldview that created Jewell’s living hell, calls it a “cautionary tale” without actually applying it to the ongoing real world.
Scruggs was an flirty alcoholic who hung around cop bars. Its not out of the question that she might have been sleeping with sources.