ENTRY 30: Response to "Good Night&Good Luck"

This film is about 1950s when the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S has reached an intense relationship. This film describes the press circles and it is about the influence of public opinion to the politics. 1950 was an era when the McCarthyism was popular at that time which brought a lot of harm to many people. In this era, individuals doing something relevant to the communist, such as attended the communist meetings, read “dangerous” books, had close people with “different” opinions, would be accused as a communist and punished. In the present, we have learnt a lot of the harm of public opinion to an individual. However, sometimes, public opinion is very useful to help people out of trouble and give a blow to the people in high position who abuse his/her power. This film exactly describes the justice of the press. In the film, the CBS publicly criticized the McCarthy and spoke for Miss Moss who was considered to be a communist. Though it lost the sponsors as standing in opposite position of the officials but it earn the support from the public. I really like the words by Murrow in the end that “the media can teach, illuminate and inspire people”. I wish that today’s media can also speak for justice but not for its own benefits.