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A 5 page research paper that discusses 3 films, which present a similar idea as part of their portrayal of the influence of the media on public perception. In "His Girl Friday" (1940), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) and "Wag the Dog" (1997), a main premise in the narrative is that the reality portrayed in forms of media is more influential, more "real" to the public, than the truth. The implication in each film is that the public is ready to believe whatever the media indicates—no matter how farfetched it might be—as the unvarnished truth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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(1962) and "Wag the Dog" (1997), a main premise in the narrative is that the reality portrayed in forms of media is more influential, more "real" to the public, than
the truth. The implication in each film is that the public is ready to believe whatever the media indicates-no matter how farfetched it might be-as the unvarnished truth. His
Girl Friday Directed by Howard Hawks, Cary Grant plays the suave, charming, but rather unscrupulous managing editor of a large metropolitan newspaper named Walter Burns. His star reporter (and ex-wife)
is Hildegard (Hildy) Johnson (Rosalind Russell). There is a rather tongue-in-cheek denial, which is superimposed over a page of a newspaper, that the narrative occurred during the "dark ages of
the newspaper game-when to a reporter getting that story justified anything short of murder" and that the viewer see "no resemblance" to the contemporary press.1 The plot involves
in a love triangle, between Hildy, Walter and Hildys na?ve, but sincere fianc?; however, the main focus of the film is on a man, Earl Williams, about to be executed
for murdering a policeman. Williams is a "little dope who lost his job and went berserk and shot a copy who was coming after him to quiet him down."2 Walter
indicates that a well-written interview with Williams could show that the murder was not premeditated, but due to his psychological state, which would commute his sentence to incarceration in a
mental institution rather than death. Walter convinces both Hildy and her fianc? that if she does not do the interview, which will convince the governor to grant Williams a
last minute reprieve, they will be ultimately responsible for his death.3 As this indicates, the crux of the narrative hinges around the assumption that a newspaper story can have
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