When the Front Page Meets the Big Screen
Atlantic, The, March, 2004 by Mark Bowden
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Given how poorly journalists usually fare in opinion polls (ranking somewhere near tax collectors), and how plainly their excesses figure in history and in daily life, it is remarkable what a staunch ally the profession seems to have in Hollywood. The reporter may be even more of a celluloid staple than the private detective.
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In many films a character is only incidentally a journalist: for example, Clark Gable in It Happened One Night , Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story , Kevin Spacey in The Shipping News , and Naomi Watts in The Ring . In these films the scribbling profession simply provides a way into the middle of a romance, a mystery, or whatever else the movie may be about. Other movies — The China Syndrome , Meet John Doe —deal with the role of journalism in creating celebrity or public events. A few years ago there was a ...
