The Post movie plot

2021-12-02 08:01
In 1971, Kay Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post and the “First Lady of the American Press,” and editor Ben Bradley mastered a copy of the US government’s involvement in the Vietnam War, which caused a large number of casualties. Top-secret document. Thousands of people will be unemployed when this document is released, and they will even face jail, but the public needs to know the truth.
Later, they exposed through the "New York Times", "Washington Post" and other media. Because the content was extremely sensitive and could change the perception of global public opinion about the US military's participation in the war, both newspapers were brought to court by the government. The government even sent a CIA officer working in the Pentagon to the courtroom. He confirmed how serious the situation is and publishing these documents will reveal certain US war plans. Within two weeks, the lawsuit went all the way from the district court to the Federal Supreme Court. In the end, the court ruled that the government lost the case by 6 to 3 votes.
The "Pentagon Documents" incident marked the beginning of the disgrace of the federal government led by Nixon, and the subsequent Watergate incident directly led to the downfall of the Nixon administration.
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  • Vinnie 2022-03-22 09:01:46

    A relatively modest adaptation for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Unlike Spotlight, which focuses on digging for clues, the film talks more about the relationship between the media and the government. Although the whole is of course a hymn to the "fourth power", the reflection on the media interspersed is extremely valuable. At the same time, it is not easy and "timely" to use the role of Aunt Mei to express the difficulty of women in the workplace. However, obviously due to the tight production cycle, the editing is a bit messy

  • Brenda 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    Although this is just a very neat and typical American theme movie aimed at winning the award, as a movie itself, there is nothing outstanding, but it still makes me want to cry. . . Because in that era, news could be worth every word and change the direction of the era. In that era, there were countless Americans who could put aside their left and right positions and stand up against the country purely to defend the freedom of the press and to prevent the abuse of power. machine. So in that era, no matter how violent and unscrupulous Nixon was, he could still be defeated by the joint efforts of countless famous and unknown warriors. . . Today, although there are still such journalists in the United States, there are still brave men who dare to stand up in front of Congress to accuse the abuse of power, and there are still whistleblowers who are willing to take risks in order to defend democracy, but times have changed. Social media, political propaganda, and the populist frenzy have made everything that once saved America irrelevant. This is the best era for the strong,

The Post quotes

  • Arthur Parsons: Kay throws a great party; but, her father gave the paper to her husband. The only reason she's running things is because he - because, Phil died.

  • Kay Graham: The Nixon White House is nothing if not vindictive. Just this morning they barred us from covering Trisha Nixon's wedding.

    Fritz Beebe: Somehow, I doubt that will rise to the level of catastrophe.

    Kay Graham: [laughs] No. Probably not. Although, when Ben sets his mind to plunder, its not hard to imagine something more serious. Catastrophic events - do occur, you know.

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