We just saw the most powerful movie. Directed by George Clooney, this is the story of CBS, and Edward R. Morrow, taking on Joe McCarthy.
This black and white movie, done this way to incorporate actual historical footage is brilliant. Its parallels to today are striking...McCarthys statements that if you are not with him you are against him and a Communist. The pressures on the media to tell the truth and keep sponsors and the brilliant speech by Morrow in 1958 warning that TV was losing its soul to become entertainment and not news.....We saw it in Denver in a packed arts theater where people stayed behind to chat together because of the powerful content of the film...Must see for all, kudos to Clooney for such a timely film.