Spotlight: Holding the powerful accountable

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Director Tom McCarthy might as well be speaking about this news site

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What “Spotlight” makes particularly vivid is the workaholism of the reporters. They’re shown persistently digging into public records and doggedly tracking down sources and interviewing them carefully and respectfully. 
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They’re consumed by the story.   


Sound familiar, Medford?   Retired Lt. J J MxLxxxx will tell the D.A.'s office that you are "obsessed."  Really? A good reporter doing his job is "obsessed."

Were it that the Medford Police Dept. would be "obsessed" with:

38K still not accounted for at MCC TV3

A police chief saying a victim has "issues" when one of his own men in blue allegedly cheated on his own wife, only to sock the girlfriend in the lip and land her 8 stitches in the hospital.


For a year, McCarthy said, “They put everything on hold, including their family lives.” Which is why “Spotlight” has few scenes showing reporters interacting with family members, and those scenes are very brief.

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