Good Night And Good Luck Analysis

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In the movie “good night and good luck” they try to explain and bring awareness to situations that have to do with communism and are unfair. In this movie they are in the point in time where being a communist or doing any activities that may relate to communism. At this time even having a family member that went to a certain place on time you're now under investigation. The journalists and executive producers who covered these stories had to make sure that no one involved could have any communist activities pinned on them cause that would contradict their stories. These journalist also made sure that all parties represented such as the man who was kicked out of the navy for his father's activities and the navy commanders that kicked him

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