Over at Instapundit I read a comment the other day from someone purporting to know the reporter in question, and this commenter said she was known to be a wild bar fly and that the way the movie portrays her is consistent with her known behavior.
I know what journolists are like, I was on a paper staff 4 years in high school, and several years in college. Various editor positions.
Had a lot of friends in journalism and one roommate as a j major.
They thought everything they received for classwork was hard. Many started partying Thursday night thru to Sunday morning. I’ve been at the journalism parties.
The girls got drunk and if they were horny or liked you, they got very forward. More than once I had to brush off a drunk and handsy female editor.
The main sport, hobby, and past time of the journalist, is drinking. And allcmy journo firends and acquaintences did it, these were the hardcore folks who were in the major AND actually being college paper staff, these were the people who were hardcore about their careers and making their portfolios so they could get better positions once out of college.
It’s accurate. It’s reality.
Which is why I am sure the movie portrays this female reporter accurately.