Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
October 17, 2024
Like most journalists, I keep in my head a list of the best journalism movies — “Spotlight,” for instance, and “His Girl Friday.”
The one I like the most is “Deadline USA,” which stars Humphrey Bogart as a tough editor trying to land one last scoop before his paper folds. It ends with him holding a phone up so the bad guy can hear the story being printed in the final edition.
“That’s the press, baby, the press,” he tells the bad guy...