All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016), Network (1976), An Unlikely Weapon (2008), Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996), Control Room (2004), Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004), Broadcast News (1987), Deadline U.S.A. (1952) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Journalistic Ethics movies.
Storyline: Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a hugely pregnant former reporter of his, is fed up because he has so little time for his family. He is therefore considering an offer from Paul Bladden to edit a paper like the New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability...but might also be a bit boring for his tastes. But a hot story soon confronts Henry with tough decisions.
Plot Keywords: journalism, ethics, competition, new york, truth, media, power ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher, in danger of losing his job, promises to write a factual hard-hitting story of prostitution. But when he tries to get information from the subjects, he is ignored. So he ends up faking a well received story of a pimp, describing his life and crimes. But police think the story is of a real life pimp who is wanted for murder and start pressuring him to reveal the identity of subject in his story, and all he knows. The pimp the police suspect, also thinks the story is about himself, and wants to know what Jonathan knows, and who told him.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, thriller, new york, journalist, prostitute, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On 9/11 2001, the World Trade Center is destroyed by the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. In the resulting tumult, the reporters of the Knight-Ridder news service, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel under the editorship of John Walcott, hear odd reports that President Bush's senior administration is not so much concerned with finding the Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, as they are in blaming the secular dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. Despite their intelligence sources saying that Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11, the K-R reporters discover that the White House is obsessed with finding any excuse to attack Iraq with cherry-picking intelligence reports and blatant lies by its officials. As the journalists dig deeper, their competitors uncritically repeat the Bush Administration's falsehoods that too much of the public is gullible enough to believe, making their quest to find and print the truth proves as a frustrating struggle as events barrel to a needless war.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol1970@gmail.com)
Plot Keywords: war, iraq war, investigative journalism, politics, media, truth, press freedom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Slick comedy-drama from the director of The Wedding Singer, with Steve Coogan as an abrasive right-wing radio host whose perfect life is thrown into disarray when his sassy long lost 16-year old niece turns up on his doorstep, ready to challenge everything he stands for.
Plot Keywords: politics, talk show, media, controversy, ideology, social commentary, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After graduation, Bram gets his dream job at a local newspaper. In his mind he's the next Woodward (but he's probably more of a Bernstein). A year in, he realizes that maybe the paper business is no longer what he'd seen in the movies. Instead of investigative journalism, he is writing easily consumable Top 10 Lists - Best Hot Dogs in the City. Ten Ways to Tell You Grew Up in the 90s. After the paper is hit with another round of layoffs, Bram stumbles upon a potentially explosive story involving the city's controversial mayor. But he needs to beat the mayor's smooth talking aide, Kamal, to the punch. This could be Bram's big break - if he had any idea how to be a real journalist.—AnonymusB
Plot Keywords: politics, corruption, journalist, investigation, scandal, power, media ...
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