Posted on 10/20/2015 11:47:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Combine every speech about the nobility of the journalistic endeavor in every film glorifying reporters intrepidly searching out truth, and you still won’t come close to grasping the level of treacle—there are other words—bubbling up out of “Truth.” Compared with which, “All the President’s Men” (1976)—about the triumphant adventures of Woodward and Bernstein, with Robert Redford portraying Bob Woodward—was a veritable model of shrinking modesty.
Mr. Redford has come a long way since to his latest, namely the role of CBS’s Dan Rather, former network star and anchor of “60 Minutes II,” and the story of how Mr. Rather was ultimately forced out of the company thanks to the scandal in September 2004 after the airing of a segment called “For the Record.”
The creative minds behind “Truth”—based on a book by the CBS report’s producer, Mary Mapes—have wrapped Mr. Rather and Ms. Mapes in a glow of heroic martyrdom so impenetrable there’s hardly a line not put to its service. When, toward the end, all involved in the report face firing, the film’s fatherly Dan Rather asks a young producer what made him want to go into journalism.
“You,” comes the answer.
The “60 Minutes II” report focused on the alleged special preferences that George W. Bush received as a member of the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s, not incidentally suggesting that he did his all to evade duty in Vietnam. The segment aired in the heat of the presidential-election contest between Democratic candidate John Kerry and George W. Bush.
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And Redford apparently doesn’t see the risibility of trying to perpetuate the fraud that Dan and Mary cooked up on the silver screen.
It’s all for the cause.
LMAO...just had a very wicked thought....
“The segment aired in the heat of the presidential-election contest between Democratic candidate John Kerry and George W. Bush.”
It did Kerry no good whatsoever but we still got a RINO out of the deal. So, who won? No one.
Do tell, FRiend!
Redford looks like 20 miles of bad road. You can see the internal left wing ugliness has finally surfaced for all to see.
Redford’s stilling trying to do boyishly handsome at age 79. It doesn’t work. Rather, by contrast, looks pretty good (on the outside, at least).
Who plays the role of “Buckhead” and how is Free Republic portrayed? Absent that there is no plot
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Who is the lesbian with the gray scarf next to Gunga Dan?
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