To bear charges no less than treason, just to keep a promise

Brody 2022-03-25 09:01:15

If "Truth Matters" is only about the pros and cons of national security, press freedom, and journalistic ethics, then it's at best a tight-narrative judicial genre film.

But I didn't realize until the last 5 seconds of this film that this is an atypical film of human ethics.

As the suspense that runs through the whole story was revealed, I was instantly influenced by the extremely soft side of human nature it presented - carrying charges no less than treason, just to keep a promise and have a relationship with a five-year-old girl. small agreement...

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  • Ansley 2022-03-20 09:02:19

    There are many golden sentences: A man can live a good life, be honorable, give to charity, but in the end, the number of people who come to his funeral is generally dependent on the weather.

  • Cary 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    Good movie. As a journalist, you should have such an attitude. It is inevitable to pay a price for your own principles.

Nothing But the Truth quotes

  • Dubois: Okay, I'll do all the yadda-yadda. Now you were within your rights to print the information that you obtained. However, you are not within your rights to protect who it was that gave Erica up to you, who exposed her. It's a 1982 law called the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. Your source is in a great deal of trouble.

    Rachel Armstrong: [Interrupting] I have no intention to...

    Dubois: [Overrides her] I'm doing the yadda-yadda, remember?

  • Dubois: People are inherently decent, I have found.

    Rachel Armstrong: If that were true that would put you out of a job, no?