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All the ways journalists have been portrayed on screen, from backbiting magazine staffers to fast-talking reporters and cynical TV talking heads.

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Posted December 01st, 2008, 8:12 AM by Alison Willmore

The Hollywood Reporter has promised that “no movie flatters the press” like Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon.” Well, to be fair, most movies don’t try to flatter the press at all. On this week’s IFC News podcast, we look at the different ways journalists have been portrayed on screen, from backbiting magazine staffers to fast-talking, amoral reporters and cynical TV talking heads, with the occasional heroic turn throw in.

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Tags: Frost/Nixon, His Girl Friday, journalists, Network, Ron Howard, Shattered Glass

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