I felt like I was standing in the back of the CBS control room

Rating: 8/10 (12 February 2006)

I knew very little about Edward R. Murrow and his battle with McCarthy. I of course knew about McCarthy and the McCarthy - Welch Exchange at the Army Hearings ("You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?") and that does make a short appearance here. The movie is educational for me in that it tells a story I never knew about those times.
Good Night does a great job of building up the tension as Murrow decides to expose McCarthy. As it rolls on, there is a feeling of excitement as most of CBS and the rest of the press back Murrow and his crew. It reminded me of _All The President's Men_ in that way.
There is plenty of jumping off points in this movie for serious discussion about the media today, but those points are better left for a college seminar than a movie review. The ending is a bit didactic, but then it seems Murrow was, too.