Monday, January 29, 2018

AT THE MOVIES - "The Post" vs Power

Documents an example of opposing power, similar to opposing Trump's media war.

"How ‘The Post’ stood up to the power of the Presidency" PBS NewsHour 1/22/2018

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  In the film "The Post," editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham must obtain the Pentagon Papers and then decide whether to defy a court order by publishing the classified history of the Vietnam War.  A story about a consequential moment in American history, press freedom and national security, it's also about Graham finding her way in a male-dominated world.  Jeffrey Brown reports.

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