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Golda 2022-04-23 07:03:33
Is it the movie that wants to say too much, or is it that I think too much
I like this film better.
This is a typical incident about a fierce conflict between professional ethics and other interests.
I don’t think it is necessary to criticize the government’s actions in the film.
This is a choice that both parties have to make from their own perspectives. The
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Isom 2022-04-21 09:02:59
A lot of things that touched me in "Truth Comes First"
I watched a movie, translated in Chinese as "Truth Comes First". I admired the heroine very much during the watching process. In order to defend the rights of reporters to conceal their sources, I never let go. Many points were touched.
1. As a mother who loves her child deeply, she has to...
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Norwood 2022-03-28 09:01:07
will you stick to what you believe? at any cost? even when your beloved ones don't support you any longer?
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Alice 2022-03-26 09:01:10
I didn't really understand many places, and the focus was a little off track, so I felt that the media should really watch this movie. Speaking with facts, how difficult it is, you have to fight to the end. The indignation at the death of the CIA female agent is largely due to the love of the actor Vera Farmiga. The unexpected ending of the film is shocking.
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Ray Armstrong: [staring at his wife's new story] You made the top page!
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Alan Burnside: [In front of the Supreme Court] In 1972 in Branzburg v. Hayes this Court ruled against the right of reporters to withhold the names of their sources before a grand jury, and it gave the power to the Government to imprison those reporters who did. It was a 5-4 decision, close. In his dissent in Branzburg, Justice Stewart said, 'As the years pass, power of Government becomes more and more pervasive. Those in power,' he said, 'whatever their politics, want only to perpetuate it, and the people are the victims.' Well, the years have passed, and that power is pervasive. Mrs. Armstrong could have buckled to the demands of the Government; she could've abandoned her promise of confidentiality; she could've simply gone home to her family. But to do so, would mean that no source would ever speak to her again, and no source would ever speak to her newspaper again. And then tomorrow when we lock up journalists from other newspapers we'll make those publications irrelevant as well, and thus we'll make the First Amendment irrelevant. And then how will we know if a President has covered up crimes or if an army officer has condoned torture? We as a nation will no longer be able to hold those in power accountable to those whom they have power over. And what then is the nature of Government when it has no fear of accountability? We should shudder at the thought. Imprisoning journalists? That's for other countries; that's for countries who fear their citizens - not countries that cherish and protect them. Some time ago, I began to feel the personal, human pressure on Rachel Armstrong and I told her that I was there to represent her and not her principle. And it was not until I met her that I realized that with great people there's no difference between principle and the person.
