Rather: 'News is a Crude Art Form'
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather was the guest this week’s of Reel Journalism’s Nick Clooney at the Newseum. There’s typically a screening and a high-profile guest. The featured film was “The Insider” starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino.
Rather chatted with host Clooney, the journalist in residence at AU and the Newseum, before the screening.
A quick refresher: The film is the true story of Jeffrey Wigand, a former tobacco executive who agreed to appear on CBS’s 60 Minutes to reveal malpractices in the tobacco industry.
So how did the film compare to reality? “News is not an exact science.
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