Reasons to Hate 'Page One'

"The Times newsroom, like most corporate nerve centers, is a labyrinth of intrigue, gossip, back-biting, rumor, false piety, rampant ambition, betrayal and deception. Those who play this game well are repugnant. They are also usually the people who run the place." —This is a pretty brutal take-down of the documentary Page One, written by Chris Hedges, and to be fair, the film really has it coming. It is also a pretty nasty and appropriate attack on Bill Keller, who was indeed a war cheerleader. (Never forget!) In the film, the main characters—David Carr, Brian Stelter and Captain Eye Candy, Tim Arango—come off great and are shown to their [...]
