If the “first rough draft of history” in the news media sounds dubious, the second draft made by Hollywood will almost certainly be worse. I’m not talking about documentaries, which can be judged as journalism. I’m talking about movies and TV shows, which will inevitably be pressed to dramatize things so they are evermore loosely “based on real events.”
CBS has been preparing a miniseries based on former FBI Director James Comey’s memoir, pompously titled “A Higher Loyalty.” In the memoir, he lectured, “Ethical leaders choose a higher loyalty to those core values over their own personal gain.” But the personal gain was sweet for Comey.
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