The newsroom drama starring Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid and Cate Blanchett is drawing faithful news and movie goers to the theaters with a documentary style movie about the 60 minutes report that put News Anchor Dan Rathers’ and Producer Mary Mapes’ careers in jeopardy as they uncovered what they believed to be the truth about former President George Bush’s military career in the 70’s. The story follows the investigation and shows the challenges that news reporters face on a daily basis when dealing with tough politics as well as the backlash that comes with the questions that all journalist’s must ask to uncover the truth. Overall, it is a powerful movie about getting to the bottom in order to find the truth and the actor’s did a fantastic job in portraying their counterparts. Truth came out on October 16, in limited theaters and considering the challenges, it ranked 16 at the box office its opening weekend and currently has earned over 1.15 million in domestic revenues. As good as Redford’s, All The President’s Men, which came out in 1976 and follows the investigation into the Watergate Scandal, Truth is definitely another movie for anyone interested in US History as well as those pursuing a journalism career or currently in the News industry. Truth is still playing at select theaters near you.
Truth or dare?
What a inquisitive game? Teenagers know it most well. It’s a game that could be good but at the same time it could go dreadfully wrong. It could get people in trouble very, very easily.
You ask which is worse, true or dare?
Truth… not even wants or even likes to hear the truth. You think it’s safe to go with the truth instead of being dared, well, it’s actually more dangerous than you can even consider.
Ever heard the saying, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Well, this is false. Someone can break your leg but the wound will eventually heal, you may not even remember the full pain of the break, but a word, especially a word from someone you care deeply about, that will stick with you for years and years to come. You’ll remember that one word when you are laying in bed next to someone else or walking down the aisle of a grocery story and you’ll think, (fill in the blank)…
Now a dare, it may seem dangerous but dares don’t last. Someone could dare you to kiss someone or cut your hair or something else, that’s harmless. You’ll forget that kiss, the hair will grow back, there’s no emotional damage to dares unless words are spoken.
I love words, but words are so dangerous. That’s why I’m very careful what I write, but at the same time, words give freedom. You can write whatever you want and for the most part, people will read it and forget about it in a day, but when you put force behind those words, that’s when the danger happens. People get hurt and never forget.
I never want to hurt people. I just want to touch them in a way that makes them think and consider their words before they hurt others.
That’s all I want to do and I can and I hope it will make a difference.