My nephew who's a journalist student told me about the Wag The Dog movie. As a senior journalist, I feel bad about not seeing that gem before. Please don't be like me and watch it if you haven't by now.

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It is a true work of art, all the critics love it and at the same time respect it. All the time that the movie lasts is pure gold for us journalists.

The performance of Dustin Hoffman and De Niro are special, all the cast did well but nothing like them two. If you haven't seen it, you have to see it.

1000% recommended, if you haven't seen it you have to see it. Your nephew saved you from a disaster hahaha. It's great that he already saw it, for those who haven't seen it, do it now.

This is the message of the movie "The metaphor “wag the dog” is meant to show the power of the media. A dog is smarter than its tail, and the dog controls the tail. The dog is society and the media is the tail" A dog is smarter than its tail, meaning that the tail (the media) is smarter that the dog (society)." it is an authentic jewel, just as you described it.

Movies like this wag the dog or spotlight, show us how much our work affects the world, it is unfortunate how the media have lost the main values of communication and only use information to control people's opinions.

It's been recommended a few times; I will take your advice. It's really that good?

Honestly I think it's just going to make me frustrated, there are so many undercurrents going on that nobody seems aware of. There are powerful people out there who have way more control over what we see than they should

"Conspiracy theories" don't seem as entertaining nowadays because it feels like we're living in a scifi world. Sometimes the stories hit a little too close to home

I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of it. I'll have to check it out next weekend.

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