Journalism: searching out excitement

And so what is truth? The official word from on high, the authorities who will lie and lie and lie to get what they want? Or the documentary filmmaker who admits to his or her subjectivity up front, which allows the viewer to accept or reject the film’s point of view?

Dallaire says, “I get the impression that there is a problme defining the nature of the exercise.” Talks about being interviewed by CNN. The reporter asks him, “What is CNN so important to me, which was quite pretentious on his part.”
The Fox reporter, on the other hand, admitted up front that she hadn’t seen the movie, read the book and had no idea what the issue was about.

Dallaire says that “the documentary is the archival side” of telling the story. “The documentary can go into the entrails of the issue before it becomes a catastrophe.” It gives people more of an understanding the issues, and can help in prevention instead of being a part of the “superficial excitement” of mainstream journalism.