The power of the media

Arnold 2022-04-20 09:01:06

In the highly developed Internet + self-media era, the decline of paper media seems to have become inevitable, but the film "Focus" shows us the power of newspapers. It is not so much the role of the newspaper as it is the power of the media people to pursue the truth. As a person, the reason to pay attention to the news and to pay attention to things other than oneself is nothing but the desire for the truth. The more attention-grabbing and appetizing a cover-up is, what's more deplorable than being kept in the dark. Why is it so important to return to the original truth, because we hope that this society will be fair and just, like in the sun, we hope that the bad people will be punished and not go unpunished, and we hope that history will not repeat the same mistakes, the suffering of the predecessors, and not let the future generations suffer Once again, but the public has such low requirements, some people always delay or cover up the truth for reasons of evasion, fear, face, immunity, etc., and this has become the privilege of some people.
An event that has been covered for a long time. Many of the parties involved are over fifty years old. Will the experience of their youth be forgotten? The film tells us that they will not forget, and that people's lives will be changed because of their childhood experiences. Some people will say why re-opening the scars and asking for trouble. Like many of our historical events. Let it pass. Yes, people should not go forward with a burden, especially some things are not their fault, and they are hurt and can't say, this is the most embarrassing thing. Because they are facing a high power - religion. When people go to church and listen to the preaching of the pastor, they want to entrust their hearts and get help and comfort, but some people use this to achieve their own tools to infringe on others. If they do bad things, they will always leave clues, and there will always be people who say it. , there will be people with conscience on both sides. This is also when society is on the verge of collapse, there are always some people who stand up, and the few media people in the movie shoulder their due responsibilities and responsibilities. To put it harshly, the job of a media person is to remove excrement. Therefore, in the 1990s, the " excrement removal" movement became popular in the United States, which exposed corrupt elements and unscrupulous capitalists, and provided a foundation for the healthy development of the society in the future.
On the first morning after the newspaper was released, the phone calls in the "Focus" room, like one after another, were the best compliment and relief to those media people. Their efforts were not in vain, and I also thanked the movie. People continue to tell us this story more than a decade later, and let us know that we need to speak up when we are unfairly and hurt. Everyone kept their mouths shut and could only become the accomplice of the tyrant.

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  • Norene 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Originally, choosing a famous investigative feature is a bonanza for film directors. The clear logic, detailed figures, vivid characters, and appropriate rhythm in the report are all about drawing a storyboard script directly for the screenwriter. However, this film is not based on the report of the "Boston Globe", but re-edited the work of the "Focus" investigation team in the nearly one year before the release of the blockbuster report. The rhythm is very enjoyable, hardly a breath

  • Pearlie 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    The group portrait industry drama (the Hulk acting is really good!), a very solid non-fictional investigative writing textbook, is too logical and straightforward. But this kind of theme has not been made into a three-act drama with dog-blood vulgarity. In short, the opponent always exerts force in an invisible place (I also expect the newspaper to have a ghost... In fact, the villain is not only the church but also ignores and prejudices) , So writing like this is good in itself, but it seems a bit boring.

Spotlight quotes

  • Peter Canellos: They say it's just physical abuse but it's more than that, this was spiritual abuse. You know why I went along with everything? Because priests, are supposed to be the good guys.

  • Mitchell Garabedian: If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.