Complex sentence: Media circus is the central plot device in the 1951 movie "Ace in the Hole" about a self-interested reporter covering a mine disaster, it cynically examines the relationship between the media and the news it reports.
Split into simpler sentences: Media circus is the central plot device in the 1951 movie "Ace in the Hole" about a self-interested reporter covering a mine disaster. It cynically examines the relationship between the media and the news it reports.