Yesterday and Today

Rating: 8/10 (19 October 2005)

Having just seen "Good Night and Good Luck" last night, I couldn't help but reflect on the American people's relative ease of acceptance of the tyranny of a minority. What McCarthyism was to the 50's, the wave of Christian Fundamentalism is to us today. There is a lesson to be learned in Clooney's film - that any despot in any form is to be found out for what he is and the general public needs to know. It is the media's responsibility to do the research and report the facts, without fear of being called 'leftist' or 'liberal' or... And by the way, what is wrong with being called a 'liberal'. It used to be a badge of courage, a statement of compassion...
Where are the responsible newsmen of the 60's and 70's... the Murrows and Huntleys and Brinkleys and..... today? I would hope that CBS or NBC or even Disney's ABC might look into this film - and the very positive response to the film - at least with the crowd that I enjoyed it with last night (admittedly in Los Angeles.. but still) and let the American people see the other side of Fox's continuing propaganda.