It's 2004. Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) is a producer for CBS's 60 Minutes and a longtime contributor to legendary anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford). She is working on a story about President Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard. She recruits Mike Smith (Topher Grace), Lucy Scott (Elisabeth Moss), and Colonel Roger Charles (Dennis Quaid) to work on the story. Bill Burkett (Stacy Keach) brings them collaborating memos. They are pushed to rush the story to air and almost immediately after the airing, bloggers are claiming that the memos are fake.
It's an important moment in journalism and the world. It certainly tells the story more in-depth than I knew during that time. Honestly, all I remember from the incident are the fake documents. It's an even more compelling story than that. In the end, it doesn't answer the glaring question in the center of storm. It needs to settle the authenticity of the memos. Mary Mapes mentions looking for the typewriter. The movie needs to find the typewriter(s) that could have made the document to wrap up the narrative. The acting is superb led by Cate Blanchett. The story is detailed and understandable. It's a brave new world.
It's an important moment in journalism and the world. It certainly tells the story more in-depth than I knew during that time. Honestly, all I remember from the incident are the fake documents. It's an even more compelling story than that. In the end, it doesn't answer the glaring question in the center of storm. It needs to settle the authenticity of the memos. Mary Mapes mentions looking for the typewriter. The movie needs to find the typewriter(s) that could have made the document to wrap up the narrative. The acting is superb led by Cate Blanchett. The story is detailed and understandable. It's a brave new world.