The Insider Analysis
The Insider Analysis
1. What response or reaction do you have to any aspect or part of this movie. ? (Give at least two reactions and clearly explain your reactions)
It was disappointing to see how much power corporations have over media outlets. The general public has a collective vested interest in the news media to provide trustworthy and free press. The key word is "free" meaning the absence of outside influence and manipulation by corporations, shareholders, and/or any other source of power. The media is obviously not free in this film. This frustration was driven home in the scene where the CBS network refuses to air the segment due to the financial risk of tortuous interference and the underlying financial interests of some key CBS executives. Bergman's verbal protest of this decision was one of the most intense and captivating moments I have seen in years.
Bergman protests," You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him to go television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own F ..g confidentiality agreement. And he's the only key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, most expensive corporate malfeasance case in US history . Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it."
The second scene that drew the biggest reaction was the wife's reaction to Wigand loss of job. She had no concern for his mental stability or personal struggle; instead her reaction was steered by her personal selfishness and inability to accept change. She didn't care that Wigand was acting in an ethical manner, it seems that she was only motivated by the affluent lifestyle. Her reaction led me to believe that she wanted to maintain this lifestyle by any means necessary, even if it involved unethical means.
2. In what ways did the legal systems help Jeffrey Wigand blow the whistle?
The legal system, specifically the
1. What response or reaction do you have to any aspect or part of this movie. ? (Give at least two reactions and clearly explain your reactions)
It was disappointing to see how much power corporations have over media outlets. The general public has a collective vested interest in the news media to provide trustworthy and free press. The key word is "free" meaning the absence of outside influence and manipulation by corporations, shareholders, and/or any other source of power. The media is obviously not free in this film. This frustration was driven home in the scene where the CBS network refuses to air the segment due to the financial risk of tortuous interference and the underlying financial interests of some key CBS executives. Bergman's verbal protest of this decision was one of the most intense and captivating moments I have seen in years.
Bergman protests," You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him to go television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own F ..g confidentiality agreement. And he's the only key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, most expensive corporate malfeasance case in US history . Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it."
The second scene that drew the biggest reaction was the wife's reaction to Wigand loss of job. She had no concern for his mental stability or personal struggle; instead her reaction was steered by her personal selfishness and inability to accept change. She didn't care that Wigand was acting in an ethical manner, it seems that she was only motivated by the affluent lifestyle. Her reaction led me to believe that she wanted to maintain this lifestyle by any means necessary, even if it involved unethical means.
2. In what ways did the legal systems help Jeffrey Wigand blow the whistle?
The legal system, specifically the