On the professional ethics of journalists

It turns out that I have watched a lot of movies directed by Billy Wilder, such as "Sunset Boulevard", "Passionate", "The Witness for the Prosecution", "Peachy Apartment", etc., all of which are classic and profound. This "Upside Down" At first glance, I thought it was a gambling film, but in fact, the protagonist is also gambling, gambling with fate, and at first glance it is Billy's film. Because it is related to his work experience, Billy has worked as a newspaper reporter, so the depth of his portrayal of reporters in this film is related to his experience. Watching a black and white movie from the 1950s is still so closely connected with reality. Simply sorting out the plot, a high-spirited reporter went to a newspaper office in a small town. With his three-inch tongue, he got a job of forty dollars a day. For more than a year, he was underappreciated and did not encounter big news. Once he took a photojournalist to interview a news, passed a gas station (commodity shop), and learned that the shopkeeper was buried in a cave. He entered the cave alone and saw the suppressed shopkeeper. danger of collapse. With the sensitivity of a professional reporter, the protagonist smelled an opportunity, took a photo, and posted the first message. Rescuing the buried people for a while has become the focus of the world's attention. Major news media have gathered, and the mountain has also become a tourist attraction, which has risen from 25 cents to 1 US dollar. In order to prolong the reporting time, the protagonist lured the sheriff and the rescue engineer, deliberately gave up the plan of rescuing the buried person in 1 or 2 days, and adopted the method of drilling down from the top of the mountain. His daily salary also rose to a high salary of $1,000 a day, but the buried man was unable to survive the day when he was dug through. In the end, the buried man was not rescued, and he went to the mountains.
Of course, the elements in the movie are much more complicated, such as the buried wives, parents, and the crowd of people watching. As a journalist, just like the "truth" posted on the wall of the small town newspaper, the truth is indeed the life of news reporting, but there are some people who use the resources at their disposal for fame and fortune, or use the resources in their hands, or even the lives of others. , to achieve their goals.
Many plots use contrast to let the audience know good and evil. The parents of the shop owner give up their room to the protagonist out of gratitude, but they don't know that the protagonist is hiding in their room and using their son to do unspeakable things. In the end, the father The sad background of walking towards the cave makes people hate those immoral people even more. Of course, the protagonist also realized later, and used his life to pay off the debt for what he did before. He could survive, but he was stabbed because he met the requirements of the buried person, and despite the resistance of the shopkeeper's wife, she let her wear the clothes that the shopkeeper bought for her. A cheap fur scarf was a gift for the fifth anniversary of the wedding. The owner’s wife stabbed the protagonist with a small pair of scissors. The protagonist hurriedly invited the priest and went into the hole with him in order to agree to the request of the innkeeper to have a priest come to pray for him before he died. The last goodbye was because he wanted to restore the influence and tell the truth. He rushed to the small town newspaper, hoping to do the final real report, but his life had come to an end.
Maybe this ending is to make those media people wake up and wake up to their responsibilities and professional ethics. Time flies. In the era of self-media, it is still difficult for us to strive for truth in every information released and forwarded. so the movie is still alive.

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