‘We all editorialise, it’s just to what degree.’: Bias and Point of View in Good Night, and Good Luck Anonymous 12th Grade

Editorialising is what separates opinions; it breeds new thought regardless of fact or fiction, the truth can be questioned or credited. Editorialising is how mass media appeal to audiences, the opinions they share and the stories they choose to tell are how they target their demographics. The degree of editorialization in George Clooney’s 2005 film, Goodnight and Good Luck, shapes how characters and situations are perceived by responders. Through editorialization, common perspective is given. The film signifies, that without editorialising, media wouldn’t be media.

Goodnight and Good Luck is a film co-written, directed by and starring George Clooney, the film tells the story of Edward R Murrow’s historic fight against Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1953. In Clooney’s interpretation of this true story, Murrow, the CBS television and radio journalist is played by David Strathairn. George Clooney identifies Edward R Murrow as one of his heroes, Clooney’s father was a journalist and through this Murrow became a hero to them both. In his career, Murrow took aim at Senator McCarthy’s careless and dangerous methods of pursuing and punishing communists in America in the 1950’s. The film tells Clooney’s truth and how he perceives it,...