The story of journalists, chief of whom is Maria Ressa, waging an uphill battle in the Philippines against Pres. Dutertes & his murderous “War on Drugs,” made very difficult by the government’s lies on social media about its critics being “Fake News.”
See Interview with NEWS OF THE WORLD Director Paul Greenglass
r This morning (Monday, Jan. 12) I was privileged to be part of a group of 7 film reviewers who met via Zoom with Paul Greenglass, director of the new Tom Hanks film NEWS OF THE WORLD. Look in on us on YouTube by clicking this. I think you’ll enjoy the film even more if …
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News of the World (2020)
While returning an orphaned girl raised by Native Americans to her family a Civil War veteran runs into problems in racist Texas.
Truth (2015)
CBS producer Mary Mapes & Dan Rathers’ story about President Bush’s going AWOL from the National Guard during the Vietnam War provokes a powerful attack that leads to the ending of their careers at the network.
NETWORK (1976)
A large TV network is about to fire its news anchor, but when he says he will commit suicide on the air, he becomes a hot item, with bizarre results beyond imagination–and yet foretelling today’s debasement of TV news programs, especially the morning ones.