Goodnight and Goodluck Notes

Resource Description

Goodnight and Goodluck Notes by R.C

Truth and Ethical Responsibility

Quote:

“Television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and insulate us”

Technique:

Assonance and the inclusive noun ‘us

Effect:

The media is important in shaping the public’s perspective of world events, and it is important to ensure there is the freedom to express these thoughts, otherwise people will become comfortable and complacent, allowing the repressive power of manipulative men to control our every thought, just as they had done in the 1950s and 60s with McCarthyism and the Red scare. used to encourage the media in the film to continue to both criticize and commend public figures, so the public always has the ability to make informed opinions. This also expresses Clooney’s opinion of the role of the media, and what they are ethically responsible to do – to investigate and report on both sides of a story.

Quote:

“The movie is not really about the abuses of McCarthy, but about the process by which Murrow and his team eventually brought about his downfall (some would say his self destruction). It is like a morality play, from which we learn how journalists should behave.” ~ Roger Ebert

Technique:

Critics Quote

Effect:

This again accentuates what Clooney believes should be the role of the media, based on what he learned from his journalist dad as a kid. He used this docudrama to provoke deeper analysis of the media’s current coverage  of our own socio-political climate.