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Film 'Page One': Critical Response
“Page One” Critical Response
At first, watching the documentary “Page One”, I was drawn to the different personal stories of the people, particularly David Carr and his entrancing prose. Next, though, I was captivated from the perspective of the journalism world’s view on major events that I was already familiar with. From the release of WikiLeaks’s video on YouTube (which I found was interesting the documentary failed to mention the name of the video “Collateral Murder”) to the economic crisis that led to many businesses and newspapers shutting down for good. From the first time I looked for a rental on Craigslist to the first job I found on Monster to most recently the car I found and purchased on a dealer’s website instead of looking in


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