Scoop
I don't think this movie had the effect the Director was attempting, the movie demonstrated the ruthless hunt for a news story from its early beginning to dramatic revelation.
However their were at least 2 elephants in the room, first this movie was a total condemnation of journalists at the BBC, they appeared a bunch scurrilous vultures picking over the bones of other peoples lives. The second was the total lack of obvious impartiality whilst they pretended to seek rebalancing from the accusations by interviewing the Duke. They presented the accusations as the truth when they were not they were merely allegations. And of course, subsequently, the damning photograph of the Duke with a young woman has proven to be manufactured.
The idea that the Duke ended litigation by paying this woman off is not entirely true. The barriers estimated the cost of going to court far exceeded what it would cost to settle, everyone knew that at the time. No one here believed the Duke had committed any crime except that of poor judgement and seemed to be found guilty on the altar of association, yet the BBC destroyed this man's reputation and he hasn't worked since.
This interview and the way the BBC behaved over Brexit demonstrated their total lack of impartiality and the need to disestablish them from being the public broadcaster, a process well underway.
In terms of the acting Billy Piper, she was pedestrian and just overacted but the rest I enjoyed and I thought Julian Anderson and Keeley Hawes were absolutely brilliant.
At best I am giving this a 5 out of 10 the whole thing was a work of fiction and not balanced.
I don't think this movie had the effect the Director was attempting, the movie demonstrated the ruthless hunt for a news story from its early beginning to dramatic revelation.
However their were at least 2 elephants in the room, first this movie was a total condemnation of journalists at the BBC, they appeared a bunch scurrilous vultures picking over the bones of other peoples lives. The second was the total lack of obvious impartiality whilst they pretended to seek rebalancing from the accusations by interviewing the Duke. They presented the accusations as the truth when they were not they were merely allegations. And of course, subsequently, the damning photograph of the Duke with a young woman has proven to be manufactured.
The idea that the Duke ended litigation by paying this woman off is not entirely true. The barriers estimated the cost of going to court far exceeded what it would cost to settle, everyone knew that at the time. No one here believed the Duke had committed any crime except that of poor judgement and seemed to be found guilty on the altar of association, yet the BBC destroyed this man's reputation and he hasn't worked since.
This interview and the way the BBC behaved over Brexit demonstrated their total lack of impartiality and the need to disestablish them from being the public broadcaster, a process well underway.
In terms of the acting Billy Piper, she was pedestrian and just overacted but the rest I enjoyed and I thought Julian Anderson and Keeley Hawes were absolutely brilliant.
At best I am giving this a 5 out of 10 the whole thing was a work of fiction and not balanced.