"...Go with the story, because the terror is right here in this room."

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2015)

Perhaps the only Valid Criticism of this Near Perfect Movie is that it could have been Longer.
The Setting and Place, the Impact and the Fallout, the Timeless Resonance and Importance of Director/Writer/Star George Clooney's Look Back at Edward R. Murrow and His "Outing" of Sen. Joe McCarthy and His Bullying, and the Devastating Effect His Communist Witch Hunt Unleashed on Innocent People is so Complicated and Intertwining that its Short Running Time is a Frustrating Teasing of Events.
It is Nothing if not a Launching Pad for Newbies to the "Red Scare" and can Inspire those that are Interested and Willing. But it is the Behemoth of Behavior Among the Media, Politicians, and for that matter, Anyone Alive at the Time because All were Affected and in some Way or another Involved.
Clooney's Little Movie is Big on a very Short Time Span. About a Two Week Period of Murrow's and CBS's Decision to Editorialize and Confront McCarthy, not so Much for His Interest in Exposing Communists, but for the Sleazy and Terrorizing Tactics that were Used to Make almost Anyone a Suspect.
The Movie is Virtually Flawless in the Snapshot it Takes on this Flash of Television Journalism and is an Insider's View on Murrow, TV News, and the Networks Role as Entertainers/Sponsor Subservient/Businesses. A Magnificent Minimalist Production with an Outstanding Cast from Top to Bottom with David Strathairn's Absolute Embodiment of Edward R. Murrow.