Pfeiffer is one of the most attractive women in film, today, and talented, too. The screenplay is lame and, except for the big prison riot scene, rather boring. And, for all it's so-called insider position, it does not really convey the TV news business well. Redford does not do a stretch here, either. I don't think he really wanted to be here.
Support is pedestrian.
Pfeiffer's performance is the thing to see, here, and not too much else. A Star is Born is most often cited, but it put me more in mind of The China Syndrome where Jane Fonda begins doing fluff pieces until she also is in the right place at the right time. Robert Redford is simply Robert Redford and not much else. Nice production values overall, but this film had a natural ending point 20 minutes before it actually ended. Just about any resemblance this had to the Jessica Savitch story seems to have been lost.