{"id":4752,"date":"2017-04-21T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:07:24","slug":"the-truth-will-set-you-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/04\/21\/the-truth-will-set-you-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Will Set You Free"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nAll the President\u2019s Men is a film about the Watergate scandal. \u00a0It follows the story of Woodward and Bernstein, two journalists writing for the Washington Post. \u00a0The film highlights the struggles journalists face when covering sensitive topics. \u00a0While Woodward and Bernstein work tirelessly in pursuit of the truth, it seems that several forces work against them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Throughout the movie, Bernstein and Woodward have to work hard to find reliable sources. \u00a0Since the story they are writing would incriminate the entire committee to re-elect President Nixon, sources are hesitant to go on the record. \u00a0It becomes more clear as the film goes on that something else is going on. \u00a0Not only are sources hesitant, they are afraid to provide information. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bernstein and Woodward eventually speak with Hugh Sloan, a member of the committee. \u00a0Sloan provides information that he later denies once the story is published. \u00a0This causes problems for the post. \u00a0Bernstein and Woodward are criticized by the public and accused of fabricating quotes. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This film displays the importance of our first amendment rights. \u00a0It shows what happens when those rights are infringed upon. \u00a0Members of the committee are forced to conceal information about illegal happenings. \u00a0This makes it difficult for reporters to properly inform the public about what exactly is going on. \u00a0The film also demonstrates how scary politics can be and the lengths people will go through to gain or maintain power. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Criticism of \u201cThe Media\u201d is not uncommon today. \u00a0Mistrust of news outlets runs rampant. \u00a0Modern technology poses it\u2019s own challenges, social media making it easier for people to spread fake news. \u00a0Unfortunately, much of the general public fails to filter the media they consume. \u00a0This further encourages this idea that journalists do not seek the truth. \u00a0Oftentimes, no distinction is made between true journalism and outright lies. \u00a0This helps to further the spread of misinformation. \u00a0We live in a time of \u201calternative facts.\u201d \u00a0There are too many people in our world who refuse to see hypocrisy, people who want to blame the press rather than themselves. \u00a0Journalists should be free to do their job, inform the public and provide the truth. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All the President\u2019s Men is a film about the Watergate scandal. \u00a0It follows the story of Woodward and Bernstein, two journalists writing for the Washington Post. \u00a0The film highlights the struggles journalists face when covering sensitive topics. \u00a0While Woodward and Bernstein work tirelessly in pursuit of the truth, it seems that several forces work against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8861,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions\/8861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}