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Post by uconncat on Nov 24, 2015 20:34:47 GMT -5
I caught the movie Spotlight this afternoon. Very well done. For those who may not know, it's a movie about the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on sexual child abuse within the Boston Diocese that ultimately led to Cardinal Law and forced his resignation in 2002. The movie focuses on investigative reporting at its best, this time done by a small group of Globe reporters who formed a team known as Spotlight and the work they did to reveal the extent of the abuse in the Boston Diocese as well as the Church's efforts to cover up the abuse. It's a terrific move, perhaps not quite up there with All the President's Men, but not far behind. The subject matter is disturbing but the movie doesn't manipulate the audience with scenes of actual abuse. You feel the horror of what happened through the victims' interviews and the emotions of the reporters themselves. The cast is excellent. I highly recommend this film.
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Post by uconncat on Nov 24, 2015 23:10:45 GMT -5
Part of the Globe's efforts to uncover the scandal included suing the church to unseal documents from lawsuits filed against the church. The Globe ultimately prevailed and those unsealed documents proved critical in revealing Cardinal Law's knowledge of the abuse and efforts to cover it up.
Today's news is dominated by another police shooting in which a young african american man was shot and killed in the street in Chicago. The police officer, now charged with 1st degree murder, shot the young man 16 times. What prompted the filing of murder charges and protests in the streets of Chicago -- more than 400 days after the shooting -- was the release of a dash-cam video of the events that night. That video was released today after an independent journalist, Brandon Smith. sued for its release. If not for the release of this video the only story of this shooting would be the city's version which said the young man lunged at the officer. As you can see by watching the video, the city's story is a lie. BTW, the young man's family never filed a wrongful death lawsuit but the city of Chicago nonetheless paid the family $5.2 million for his death.
A special thanks to journalists who doggedly worked on revealing the truth.
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Post by meyers7 on Dec 3, 2015 10:33:14 GMT -5
I caught the movie Spotlight this afternoon. Very well done. For those who may not know, it's a movie about the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on sexual child abuse within the Boston Diocese that ultimately led to Cardinal Law and forced his resignation in 2002. The movie focuses on investigative reporting at its best, this time done by a small group of Globe reporters who formed a team known as Spotlight and the work they did to reveal the extent of the abuse in the Boston Diocese as well as the Church's efforts to cover up the abuse. It's a terrific move, perhaps not quite up there with All the President's Men, but not far behind. The subject matter is disturbing but the movie doesn't manipulate the audience with scenes of actual abuse. You feel the horror of what happened through the victims' interviews and the emotions of the reporters themselves. The cast is excellent. I highly recommend this film. Wife and I saw it last weekend. Very good movie. I liked that they pretty much just showed it from the journalists' point of view. Good cast and well acted. Disturbing though. |
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Post by ozzienelson on Dec 4, 2015 8:53:48 GMT -5
Hard for me to intellectualize this movie.
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