I had to check the date on this movie. It wasn't the most interesting (I know who Dan Rather is, but I'm not in the US, so he's doesn't represent anything to me). But it felt like it was made with some jabs at the way the US seems to have fragmented into bipartisan communities and a loss of what was once "the greater good" during Covid. And then I see it was made 7 years ago. It made it feel more pertinent as a forewarning of how bad things were to be Solid acting, professionally done, but not probably only relevant in the US - it's just a slow moving drama to the rest of the world.

The first half is a challenge, with all the details necessary to retell the story. The second half is much better (and more relevant), with a brilliant Cate Blanchett representing the struggles of journalism in our era.

All the leftist Hollywood actors and biased storytelling here can’t change the fact that leftist “journalists” gave birth to Fake News. Take Dan Rather (played by Robert Redford) for example. Guess where he is working now. The Young Turks. One of the far left YouTube channels active today. Still trying to sling mud at Republican politicians in the name of “investigative journalism”. Mary Mapes (played by Cate Blanchett) published a book about her involvement in this scandal since getting fired. That book is the basis for this movie. At the end of the day, not only did this person made millions from selling a book detailing her own incompetence, she also got to spin up a narrative claiming victimhood status. Where were these leftist “investigative journalists” when Epstein was running the paedophile sex island? That would have implicated the Clintons and most of the leftist elites across politics and Holywood. They don’t investigate their own… eh? 🙄 Rating this movie low, not due to the performances of the actors. But due to the false narrative it tries to portray.

Justifiably sentimental about the decay of news, and broadcast journalism in particular.

I really love the acting. Cate Blanchett was amazing and the story itself was quite interesting. Not being a US-citizen I did not know about this scandal – in addition to being a little bit too young at the time. It was really well told and I hope it was accurate to at least the book (of course she also tells her own story but it seemed to show both sides a little).