Back in the hotel room, the Asian journalist found his laptop and began to organize the comments collected today by the movie fans. He stored the content recorded by the recorder in a folder and sent it to the editorial department thousands of miles away first. Then he opened the document and recalled the content of the movie I watched this afternoon, typing on the keyboard while preparing a comment of his own.

Although this reporter has just started running the Hollywood line, he was a professional film reporter in China before and has a very high appreciation level of films.

"Murphy Stanton's new film "Focus" is a very profound and worthy of continuous reflection. Religious groups still occupy a very important part of Western society. Therefore, such a work that dares to directly confront and criticize the internal system of Catholicism has carried awesome courage and strength since it was born. Just like those journalists in the movie who fight for the truth, they express the positive attitude of public opinion to the whole society. This attitude is inspiring to those who are still enduring silently, a warning to those who indulge in ignorance and indulge in, and a direct criticism to those who commit crimes in the name of God. The media obviously has a role in influencing the direction of public opinion, so the justice and conscience of the media is also the hope of a country and society. Therefore, the scene where the reporters of the focus team in the film are not afraid of difficulties to achieve final victory makes me excited..."

Of course, as a reporter working in a famous liberal newspaper in China, his comments are still very targeted.

"Religious beliefs may not be so close to the Chinese people, but they have a long background and foundation in Western society. Even if they enter modern society, although religious groups no longer control all aspects of Western society as they did in the Middle Ages, their influence is everywhere. Just like the extremely open and civilized society like the United States, its religious influence is much beyond our imagination. I was recently reading a book "The Myth of God" by Richard Dawkins, a famous British atheist, which specifically talks about some of the prejudice and injustice of the mainstream culture of American society today, especially the importance of faith to American political life. He said: For any presidential candidate, the recognized fact is that a confession of atheism is a kind of political suicide."

"There are many similarities in the film that the priests abused children: low-income families, no fathers, divorced families, etc. A victim said: 'If you are a child from a poor family, religion is very important. When a priest notices you, it is a big deal. He asks you to clean up your poetry books or throw down the garbage, and you will feel different, as if the Lord is asking for your help.' The reason these children have this idea is that in Catholicism, priests preside over mass, perform baptism, listen to confessions, and even heal people. In the eyes of believers, clergy like priests seem to carry the glory of God. Therefore, being valued by priests is a thing to be proud of. But what is infuriating is that it is precisely through this sacred cloak that some clergy repeatedly extend their claws to underage children."

"The huge data of the Catholic Church involved in scandals in the movie proves that people cannot be ignored in such matters, let alone within the church. But why are few people publicly criticized? The movie provides several views: one is that the victims are shy to speak; the second is that the church has the top-down protection, and does not deal with the clergy in the crime and continues to be appointed. Even if the victims speak, they are often at a disadvantage in the face of powerful churches, and many cases will be resolved privately; the third is that the justice occasionally speaks for the victims, and they will soon be pressured and harmonious by the omnipresent church forces. The police cover up the priests, lawyers conspire with the church, and the court seals key evidence for the church..."

"There is another very important thing, which is the silence and indulgence of this matter by the public. Some of them have a natural fear and inferiority of authority; some believers will be the venerable out of defending the holy name of the church and the leaders; and even extremes will even disbelief of the people who muster up the courage to expose dirty behavior. I forgot an example where I have seen it, which is that my daughter told her mother that she is usually respected in the church that shepherds in the church have committed misconduct. After hearing her daughter's misfortune, the mother does not speak up for her daughter, but instead angrily thinks that her daughter is slandering the person who is holy in her eyes..."

“The questioning and challenge of authority and power requires great courage, especially for the media industry…”

Having written this, the Asian journalist suddenly stopped typing the ten fingers of the keyboard. For some reason, his thoughts 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?

"Focus" is an extremely realistic movie. He has seen a lot of reports from North American media, including liberals, right-wingers, conservatives, etc., and they all admit this very much.

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

As a reporter from a Southern Liberal News Agency, the Asian brain was inevitably eroded by some decay.

Asian journalists sat in front of their laptops, and some bold and arrogant thoughts stimulated by this movie that demonstrates media freedom and power were constantly jumping out. As they jumped, his head became hot, and his hands and fingers fell on the keyboard unconsciously, forming an article.

"After a certain station every year, a news program always says that this evening party: in a harmonious and joyful atmosphere, it conveys the positive energy of society and the strong sense of family and country, and has received praise from mainstream media and netizens. A mainstream newspaper always publishes articles "Transfer Positive Energy" on the front page and publishes comments "Towards Dreams or Ideals"; a commentator publishes a commentator's article "Enjoy the World"..."

"However, in the social platform composed of ordinary people, everyone's comments on the evening party are different and they are constantly complaining. Seeing that the evening party is being tampered with an extended version of the news, I guess most people have been running through the *** in their hearts while watching it. So, why are you seeing different from what you are saying in mainstream media? Are the two not the same evening party? Is it a divided society?"

"What is the surname of mainstream media? It is clear at a glance, and those media that do not want to change their surnames have only one outcome! The radio and television department requires foreign-funded enterprises to not provide video services in the country and will be completely banned!"

"This is our reality, and we must accept it even if we don't accept it. What's more, the higher instructions also say that the political direction of news and public opinion work must put the political direction first. All work of news and public opinion media must reflect the will of the ruling class and reflect the xx's proposition. As for evaluation, it is better not to say it."

"Suddenly, the former deputy director of a planning bureau was so wronged. Because of illegal construction, he asked the reporter who came to interview this question. He said: 'Are you going to speak for my boss or to speak for the public?' As a result, the whole world was shocked. This was regarded as a thunderous word and spread rapidly throughout the country. The deputy director suddenly became an internet celebrity. Now, the deputy director is a truly forward-looking politician, and he foresaw some things early on..."

"I have to sigh that the situation changes too quickly, and it's so fast that I can't catch my glasses that are falling down. Very good, this is a beautiful era, we should all shout long live, thank you Lord Longyou!"

Having written this, the Asian journalist's previous serious film reviews suddenly couldn't continue, and the greatest sense of powerlessness came out. He felt like he was like a eunuch commenting on the emperor's sexual life. He couldn't do it, but he was irresponsible to others...

The education he received since childhood told him that history always develops forward, the present is better than the past and the present. However, the current reality makes 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 journalist cut out the contents behind them and saved them in a hidden folder. The things that were written down just now must not be published, otherwise they will definitely lose their jobs and may not be able to engage in the journalism industry for life.

The Asian journalist took several deep breaths in a row, and finally calmed down and continued to write the serious film review at the beginning.

His hands were flying, and words appeared in the document.

"This film by Murphy Stanton is very realistic and very warning. The breeding of corruption is based on this soil: evil deeds are sheltered from top to bottom, and the so-called authority and reputation are maintained by wrongly respected and maintained..."

"Focus" has received unusual attention since it started to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival, not only because the film is based on a real scandal, but also because the scandal involves many clergy.

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

After rational thinking, many people should know that clergy is just a group of ordinary people, and it is normal for some of them to make mistakes.

A person will not become a moral perfection in an instant because he joins the church. After all, joining the church is still a long process away from true soul conversion. Society has long ignored this process, which has led to the public's high expectations for clergy and often equate them with faith. Therefore, the outbreak of scandals becomes the shattering of faith. For the devouts, surprise is not enough to summarize the collapse of their hearts, and there will be anger and disappointment, just like the madness of reporter Mike after obtaining iron evidence and the tears of Grandma Sasha after reading the report.
Chapter completed!