By Alyssa Baxter
Journalists have a great responsibility: to inform the public- with an obligation to the truth and a loyalty to the citizens, even at the expense of their jobs on the line. Good Night and Good Luck (2005) put Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel's (authors of The Elements of Journalism) thoughts into practice throughout the film.
When CBS's lead television journalists decided to run a story revealing Junior Senator of Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy's hunt for Communists in the United States, they knew the risks and hoped for positive outcomes. They did their legwork, they found the facts, they researched, found the human element and dealt with the controversies head on. It paid off.
From deciding which stories should be run to risking everything to tell the real story-- this film shows the ethics of a journalism in a raw way.
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