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5 Movies That Get the Newsroom Right - CNN.Com 5 movies that get the newsroom right - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/23/opinion/avlon-newsroom-movies/index.... SET EDITION: U.S. INTERNATIONAL MÉXICO ARABIC Sign up Log in TV: CNN CNNi CNN en Español HLN Home TV & Video NewsPulse U.S. World Politics Justice Entertainment Tech Health Living Travel Opinion iReport Money Sports By John P. Avlon, CNN contributor updated 4:02 PM EDT, Sat June 23, 2012 Part of complete coverage on Opinion on the news In "All the President's Men" (1976), Dustin Hoffman, center, plays Carl Bernstein and Robert Redford is Bob Woodward. After Sandusky, what have we learned? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Editor's note: John Avlon is a CNN contributor and senior political updated 5:23 PM EDT, Sat June 23, 2012 John Avlon: "The Newsroom" columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is co-editor of the Roxanne Jones says the trial debuts this Sunday, a modern book "Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns" opened her eyes to dangers of depiction of journalism sexual predators in kids sports and won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for and the to need to arm He names 5 good journalism best online column in 2012.He is a regular contributor to "Erin children--and adults--with movies that carry a sense of Burnett OutFront" and is a member of the OutFront Political Strike information purpose, are entertaining Team. For more political analysis, tune in to "Erin Burnett OutFront" They include "Network," "All the at 7 ET weeknights. President's Men," "Broadcast 5 movies that get the newsroom right News," he says updated 4:02 PM EDT, Sat June 23, 2012 (CNN) -- With the debut of Aaron Sorkin's new show The Newsroom John Avlon says when the new "Good Night and Good Luck" a Aaron Sorkin HBO drama "The small masterpiece, he says; "His on HBO this Sunday, I've been thinking about the best film depictions Newsroom" debuts, it will join a Girl Friday" a retro classic of journalism in American history. Any 'best-of' list is inherently slew of Hollywood depictions of subjective, but you definitely don't need to be a journalist to journalists at work. They're worth watching again appreciate the sense of purpose these classic films provide. So without further ado and just for fun on a summer weekend, below At last, a hero for democracy updated 1:16 PM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 are my nominations for the top five journalism films of all time. Frida Ghitis: Sometimes, when you least expect it, the good "Network": Paddy Chayefsky's satire is still razor sharp after almost guys win. Sometimes, the good guy is a woman -- a strong, 40 years, offering a prophetic look at what would happen when news wise and extraordinarily brave desks started answering to entertainment divisions. woman, such as Aung San Suu Kyi. The film also managed to anticipate the rise of Reality TV, with one surreal side plot in which a self-styled "liberation army" gets its own Romney too timid on immigration television show and immediately goes from talking about the updated 7:36 AM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 proletariat to negotiating net versus gross contracts. But in the end it Ruben Navarrette says Mitt Romney waded into the is a morality play, featuring William Holden, Faye Dunaway and Peter immigration issue with a talk to Finch as Howard Beale, a network anchor over the edge of a Latino officials, but has not yet nervous breakdown who shouts the immortal line "I'm mad as hell and shown he's willing to buck his party on specifics 1 of 6 6/23/2012 6:16 PM 5 movies that get the newsroom right - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/23/opinion/avlon-newsroom-movies/index.... I'm not gonna take it anymore!" Follow CNN Opinion on Twitter During the meteoric rise and fall of Glenn Beck, I was half convinced Get the latest opinion and analysis from CNN's columnists that he'd announce he was punking us by trying to make Howard and contributors. Beale come alive. Entertainment: What Aaron Sorkin learned from CNN for "Newsroom" Obama, where is the recovery? "All the President's Men": The genius of this dramatic depiction of updated 10:52 AM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 Watergate is that the movie keeps you in suspense even when John Thune says it doesn't take an economist to realize everybody knows how the story is going to end. that the president's economic policies have failed to make Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are a perfect pairing as Bob things better Woodward and Carl Bernstein, with Jason Robards playing Ben Bradlee, all capturing the chase of a great story as it unfolds. One night will decide Obama's fate updated 8:29 AM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 The film was made just a few years after Nixon's resignation, but LZ Granderson says it won't be somehow it does not sacrifice the film's sense of perspective on a Fast and Furious that determines if President Obama time when journalists uncovered a corrosive conspiracy at the will be re-elected; it will be his highest level of the government and toppled a president who only 20 performance in the first months before had won a 49-state landslide. presidential debate "Good Night, and Good Luck": This George Clooney- Why should the press be polite to directed 2005 film is a small masterpiece, filmed in black presidents? and white. David Strathairn perfectly captures the integrity updated 9:43 AM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 of Edward R. Murrow facing down Joe McCarthy at a time Tim Stanley says there's a storied history of aggressive when the witch hunt for the Communist enemy within was questioning by reporters, ending careers and creating an atmosphere of fear. especially when presidents make themselves unavailable. John Avlon The film is funny and smart, with tight construction and an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. and a The truth about Jonathan Pollard chubbed-up Clooney as Murrow's producer Fred Friendly. The updated 11:10 AM EDT, Fri June 22, 2012 opening scene speech, taken from Murrow's own words, should be Lawyers for Jonathan Pollard cite strong support from former regular required viewing for anyone in the news industry. Key line: U.S. national security officials "To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must for his release in his 27th year be credible; to be credible we must be truthful." of imprisonment "Broadcast News": Armed with a perfect cast of Albert Brooks, Do pedophiles deserve sympathy? William Hurt and Holly Hunter, "Broadcast News" is a brilliant comedy updated 10:32 PM EDT, Thu June 21, 2012 that captures the outsized influence of the anchorman -- played by James Cantor says one cannot Jack Nicholson -- back in the days of the Big Three. Adding depth are choose to not be a pedophile, but one can choose to not be a cutaway scenes depicting the characters as neurotic children. child molester It is ultimately a story about ambition and unrequited love, offering a useful, if not particularly uplifting, meditation on the unsteady boundary between infatuation, love and trust. Where are the good Christians? updated 8:39 PM EDT, Thu June 21, 2012 Dean Obeidallah says "His Girl Friday": Howard Hawk directed this 1930s Christianity in America is being slapstick comedy, which is based on the Ben Hecht- hijacked by radical right, transforming Christ's teaching penned screenplay for The Front Page. Cary Grant plays of "love thy neighbor" into editor Walter Burns trying to woo his ex-wife and fellow "Hate the gays, Mormons and journalist Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) back to the Muslims." world of the newsroom, with its roll-top desks, three-martini lunches, rotary phones and manual typewriters clacking Lisa Brown: Silenced for saying away. In a nice bit of symmetry, the film debuted the (shock!) 'vagina' overlapping dialogue technique that Aaron Sorkin later perfected. updated 11:14 AM EDT, Thu June 21, 2012 Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown says when she was banned Honorable mentions: Falling outside this list include "The Year of from the House floor for saying Living Dangrously," "Ace in the Hole," Will Ferrell's epic, hilarious "vagina," thousands of women saw that what was really going performance as Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman," and the fifth season on was a fight for reproductive of "The Wire." Buy them, rent them, download them - but most of all, rights enjoy them. Why contempt case against Holder Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. may be doomed updated 10:27 PM EDT, Thu June 21, 2012 Join us on Facebook/CNNOpinion. Peter Shane says the public will likely see the move, voted along party lines, as more of a The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jon Avlon. partisan food fight than a matter of justice 2 of 6 6/23/2012 6:16 PM 5 movies that get the newsroom right - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/23/opinion/avlon-newsroom-movies/index.... 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