Graha The Post Analysis

“Accuracy, curiosity and skepticism are all cornerstones for the discipline of journalism.” This quote can be found on page three of our textbook, and as I reread the first three chapters of Martin’s work, I find that this quote is what The Post film represented. I would first like to mention, that while The Post is not a documentary, it is an entertainment film serving a purpose to share with the audience of one the most important and groundbreaking moments in American history’s journalism.
The Post shows the courage and curiosity of journalists working for the print that discovered government secrecy’s regarding the Vietnam War. Their ‘holy curiosity’ allowed them to go to great lengths to retrieve details and official government papers that would put their careers and even the entire paper’s existence on the line.
The film was still on the entertainment side and not a documentary because it focused more on the message it wanted its viewers to dissect, rather than ensuring that all the details of the real incident were present. If I had to come up with my own conclusion as to why the film missed out on certain details of the Pentagon Paper’s publishing, maybe it was because the filmmakers were afraid that the title ‘documentary’ might be rather dreary to some. Perhaps they wanted people to think it was still on the entertainment side to gain revenue or viewership. I, although, cannot tell you the truth behind their decision and why they changed certain locations or missed certain people. I can, however, tell you that the message was still there. The audience gasped, laughed, and cried with the journalists as they saw their journey. The emotions that were conveyed in the film, all the frustrations, anxiousness, and excitement was real, as the journalists went with their gut and showed us the true meaning of