Reply #11: "Nothing But the Truth" 2008

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_But_the_Truth_%282008_film%29

"According to comments made by Lurie in The Truth Hurts, a bonus feature on the DVD release, his inspiration for the screenplay was the case of journalist Judith Miller, who in July 2005 was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a leak naming Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative, but this was merely a starting point for what is primarily a fictional story."

Alan Alda the reporters high priced lawyer paid for by her employer argued before the Supreme Court that holding National Security above reporting illegal acts by the Administration should not be legal, it had been ruled as such in 1983 5-4 with an excellent dissenting opinion that it should be revisited because it could make the press unable to do their Constitutional Jobs and allow dictators to arise in America.

Reporters could not afford to do investigative journalism into our government without ending up in prison. And of course also a huge factor a multi-million dollar corporations controlling our media.

This is a flip side to this story as it was apparent that the leak came to Judith Miller by way of the administration, not by a reporters won scoop shown in this movie. The film was never released to theaters but won awards at film festivals.

I think it was a good film to open a discussion about all that surrounded the Plame case and our current dismal Fourth Estate's influence in America.