Back in his hotel room, the Asian reporter found his laptop and began to sort through the fan comments he had collected today, storing the contents of the tape recorder in a separate folder and sending them to the editorial office thousands of miles away, then opening the document and recalling the contents of the movie he had watched this afternoon, while tapping on the keyboard to prepare a review of his own. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although this reporter has just started to run the Hollywood line, he has been a professional film reporter in China before and has a very high level of appreciation for movies.

"Murphy Stanton's new film "Spotlight" is a film with quite depth and worthy of constant reflection. Religious communities still hold a significant weight in Western society today, so a work that dares to confront the internal institutions of the Catholic Church is born with awe-inspiring courage and strength. Just like the journalists in the movie who fight for the truth, their voice to the whole society shows the positive attitude of public opinion. This attitude is an encouragement to those who are still suffering in silence, a sting of alarm to those who are ignorant and conniving, and a scourge to those who have sinned in the name of God. Obviously, the media has a role in influencing the direction of public opinion, so the righteous conscience of the media is also the hope of a country and society. Therefore, the picture of the reporters of the focus team in the film who are not afraid of difficulties and achieve the final victory made my blood boil the most......"

Of course, as a reporter working for a well-known liberal newspaper in China, his comments are still very pertinent.

"Religious belief may not be so closely related to Chinese people, but it has a long history and roots in Western society. Even in the modern era, religious communities no longer control every aspect of Western society as they did in the Middle Ages, but their influence is pervasive. Just like the extremely open and civilized society of the United States, its religious influence is also far beyond our imagination. I was recently reading a book by the famous British atheist Richard Dawkins, "The Myth of God", which has a small section dedicated to some of the prejudices and injustices against atheists in the mainstream culture of American society today, especially the importance of faith in the political life of Americans, he said: It is a well-established fact for any presidential candidate that a confession of atheism is a form of political suicide. ”

"There are many similarities between the children who have been abused by priests in the film: low-income families, fatherless families, divorced families, etc. One victim said: 'If you are a child of a poor family, religion is very important. And when a priest notices you, that's a big deal. He tells you to clean up your hymn book, or take out the trash, and you will feel different, as if the Lord is asking for your help. The reason why these children think this way is because in Catholicism, priests perform Mass, baptism, confession, confession, and even healing. In the eyes of believers, priests like priests seem to have the glory of God in their own right. Therefore, it is a matter of pride to be valued by the priest. But what is infuriating is that it is precisely through this sacred cloak that some clergy have repeatedly reached out to underage children. ”

"The huge data of the Catholic Church involved in the scandal in the film proves that people cannot be ignorant of such things, let alone inside the Church. But why are so few people publicly blaming? The film offers several points of view: first, the victim is ashamed to speak up; The second is the top-down protection of the church, which does not deal with the clergy who committed the crime and continues to appoint them. Even when victims speak up, they are often vulnerable in the face of powerful churches, and many cases are resolved privately. 3. Occasionally, the righteous speak for the victims, and they will soon be pressured and harmonized by the ubiquitous church forces. The police shielded the priest, the lawyer conspired with the church, and the court sealed the key evidence for the church......"

"Another important point is the silence and connivance of the public on this matter. Some of them have a natural fear of authority and inferiority; Others will defend the name of the church and its leaders. Even the more extreme will not trust those who have the courage to expose their sorordid practices. I forget where I saw an example of a daughter telling her mother that a normally respected pastor in her church had misbehaved against her, and when the mother heard of her misfortune, she did not complain about her daughter, but angrily thought that she was slandering the person who was holy in her eyes......"

"It takes a lot of courage to question and challenge authority and power, especially in the media industry......"

At this point, the Asian journalist suddenly stopped tapping ten fingers on the keyboard, and for some reason, his mind suddenly flew to the country where he lived and worked, especially the relationship between power and the media.

His biggest feeling is: What is the surname of the American media?

"Spotlight" is an extremely realistic film, and he has seen quite a few North American media reports, including liberals, right-wingers, conservatives, etc., and he very much acknowledges this.

What impressed him the most was the media's resistance to power......

As a reporter for a Southern liberal newspaper, the Asian American's brain was inevitably eroded by something rotten.

The Asian journalist sat in front of his laptop, and some bold thoughts stimulated by this film that celebrated the freedom and power of the media kept jumping out, and his head burned as he jumped, and the ten fingers of his hands unconsciously landed on the keyboard, typing into an article.

"After a certain station every year, a news program always says that this party: in a harmonious and joyful atmosphere, it conveys the positive energy of the society and the strong feelings of family and country, and is praised by the mainstream media and the majority of netizens. A mainstream newspaper will always publish an article on the front page "Passing on Positive Energy" and a commentary "Towards a Dream or Ideal"; A review agency published a commentator's article "Universal Celebration" ......"

However, in the social platform composed of ordinary people, everyone's comments on the party are different, and they are constantly spitting. Seeing that the party was tinkered with into an extended version of the simulcast news, it is estimated that the vast majority of people have repeatedly run over the *** in their hearts in the process of watching. So, why is it that what people see is different from what is being evaluated in the mainstream media? Aren't the two the same party? Is it a divided society? ”

"It's clear what the mainstream media's surname is, and those media who don't want to change their surname have only one end! The radio and television department requires foreign-funded enterprises not to provide video services in China, and will be completely banned! ”

"This is our reality, and if you don't accept it, you have to accept it. What's more, the higher directive also said that the political direction must be put in the first place in the work of news and public opinion, and all the work of the news and public opinion media must reflect the will of the ruling layer and reflect the propositions of XX. ”

"Suddenly I thought about it, the former deputy director of a planning bureau was so wronged. At that time, because of illegal construction, he asked such a question to the reporter who came to interview, and he said: 'Are you going to speak for my boss, or are you going to speak for the public?' As a result, the world was shocked. These words were regarded as thunder and quickly spread throughout the country, and the deputy director became an Internet celebrity in an instant. Now that the deputy director is the real forward-looking politician, he foresaw something early on......"

"I have to sigh that the situation is changing too fast, so fast that I can't catch the glasses that have been falling down. Very well, this is a wonderful time, and we should all shout long live, thank you, Lord Longne! ”

Writing this, the Asian reporter's previous serious film review suddenly couldn't be written, and the biggest sense of powerlessness came out, he felt like a eunuch commenting on the emperor's sex life, he couldn't do it himself, but he said irresponsible things to others......

The education he received since childhood taught him that history is always moving forward, and the present is better than the past, and the future is better than the present. However, the current reality has made him, a media practitioner, feel very clearly that in terms of media and public opinion, today is not as good as yesterday, or even the day before yesterday.

With a long sigh, the Asian reporter marked out the rest of the content separately and saved it in a hidden folder, and these things that he wrote down with a hot head just now must not be published, otherwise he will definitely lose his job, and he may not be able to engage in the journalist profession for the rest of his life.

The Asian-American reporter took a few deep breaths, finally calmed down and continued to write the serious movie review at the beginning.

His fingers flew on his hands, and words appeared in the document.

"Murphy Stanton's film is very realistic and very cautionary - it is on the soil that corruption thrives on the basis of which evil is covered up from above, and the reputation of so-called authority is wrongly revered and upheld......"

"Spotlight" has been receiving unusual attention since it began screening at the Toronto Film Festival, not only because it is based on a real scandal, but also because it involves many clergy.

Perhaps, we should not have been too surprised by the moral depravity of the clergy.

Thinking rationally, many people should know that the clergy are just a group of ordinary people, and it is normal for some of them to make mistakes.

After all, joining the church is still a long process from the true conversion of the soul, and the society's long-term neglect of this process has led to the high expectations of the public for the clergy, and even often equates it with faith, so the outbreak of scandal becomes the disillusionment of faith, and for the pious, surprise is not enough to summarize the collapse of their hearts, followed by anger and disappointment, Just like the reporter Mike's madness after getting the ironclad evidence in the film and Grandma Sasha's tears after reading the report.

After a few days in Toronto and a few promotional events, Murphy was ready to return to Los Angeles.