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ANALYSIS OF THE MO0IE:

The insider movie based on true story begins with corporate scientist Jeffrey

Wigand leaving the tobacco company, brown & Williamson. While he is officially

released from his head-of-research duties for "poor communication skills," the realfact is he refused to participate in "chemical enhancement" research. This

unethical practice would allow cigarettes to become even more addictive as the

smoker absorbs a higher dose of the nicotine. Wigand, bound by a confidentiality

agreement, is forbidden to discuss company policies with anyone and if he did,

would lose his severance pay and medical coverage perhaps even more. fter that

enter !owell ergman a radical newspaper man of the seventies who traded in his

bandanna for a corporate office at #$%s '(inutes. ergman%s initial contact

with Wigand is for another reason altogether. )e*s researching a story cigarette as

a fire ha+ard but Wigand*s apprehensive behavior when approached peaks

ergman*s curiosity. Wigand*s heavy conscience will not allow him to keep the

truth suppressed and blows the whistle on rown &Williamson despite the

potential threat to himself and his family%s safety. fter that in the movie company

shows their power they influence whole #$ news channel by rown and

Williamson not air Wigand%s interview. )ow ergman fights the ' (inutes

eecs to get his story to the people. r. Wigand is a hesitant, restless character

who sacrifices all that is important to him for the greater good. )e is an average

man caught up in the and very-high profiting arena of tobacco sales and the media.

Wigand is threatened, characters defame and entire world turned upside down all

because he "tells the truth." t is this character whom the audience best relates with

for he personifies the great merican hero who confronts the greedy and powerful

conglomeration known as the big tobacco industry.

S1OT &n&'#sis:

n the movie there was two strong character in the whole movie rounding and

rounding on these two character .

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0pportunity to gain public mileage

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Threat from former supporters financially, physically and psychologically

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ased on an inner core strength, courage

)e always try to deliver the truth to public by media

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(ay not be applicable in another situation

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n a profession like 1ournalism, media this is an opportunity to get noticed

in the peer circle

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Pr"b'e in !he "8ie:

The conflict between Wigand and rown & Williamson and #$ #orporation%s resistance to

airing Wigand%s interview lead to a sharply negative portrayal of business in the film.


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The tobacco company does absolutely everything in their power to keep the public fromknowing about the health effects of nicotine. n general terms, the film states that the seven

largest companies spend 9'' million per year in outside legal council, hundreds of thousands

of people are dying from illnesses related to their product and they have never lost a lawsuit: t

a detailed level, their actions against Wigand display their voracity. To summari+e, they fired

him as soon as he disagreed with them, threatened him and his family to get him to not leak

information and filed a gag order to stop him from talking to the media. They took a firm stance

on what they would tell the public, which was nothing. Their sole interest was to protect profits.

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Wigand%s decision to become the whistleblower to the tobacco industry was portrayed as a verydifficult decision with high costs either way. f he did not do the interview on ' (inutes, hewas not being true to himself. efore rown & Williamson, he worked for health companies. twas clear that he had an internal struggle with keeping information he knew ultimately hurtpeople. f he did the interview, he would be sub1ect to intense public scrutiny, eposed topotential for physical harm and his personal relationships would be stressed. n the film, Wiganddecided to do the interview and become a whistleblower. rown & Williamson created a publicimage assassination campaign to discredit everything he said and his wife filed for divorce. nthe end, the interview ran and informed millions of people. This is in line with how the dilemma

should have been resolved. Wigand made the right decision. The personal sacrifice he made isenormous. espite this resolution being ethically correct, it is ;uestionable that many peoplewould do the same. n fact, there must be hundreds of others working in tobacco companiesaround the same time who had access to the same information. 0bviously the tobaccocompany%s unethical attacks on Wigand and his family were the biggest problem with theresolution. nd, they were also perhaps the biggest deterrent to other potential whistleblowers.


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#$ #orporation%s only choice to maintain the integrity of ' (inuteswas to prove them wrongand air it.This situation should have been resolved without such aggressive intervention from ergman.#$ #orporation should not have blocked the show in the first place. They have an ethicalobligation to support the shows mission, freedom of speech and make information public when

it could help people make better choices.

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Res7"nsibi'i!#-ccountability, self-control, the pursuit of ecellence, and considering conse;uences of our actions prior to making them, responsible to

the family matters regarding medical coverage, cars, house.

F&irness-5esponsible as a 1ournalist whatever he shows in the ' minutes video try as

much as possible deliver the truth. $o the public aware about that.

E"!i"n&' >/asily attached to the people for eample providing special security to r.Wigand

family. $ome time shows angry to the politics in #$ news.

Ris6 -5isk taking attitude is there in him the kind of risks he is taking to get the story published

in 3> Times at the end.


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C"n5'usi"n

This film and eercise made me think about the power of large corporations, the responsibility

that power implies and the responsibility of media as a corporate watchdog. t seems obvious

that large corporations have a tendency to ignore the negative effects of their actions in favor of

profit. t also made me think about media%s role in business. think it should be 1ust as portrayed

in this film. ergman uncompromisingly pursued the truth, using a very credible source. Too

often today, media is spoon feed by corporations. (edia has a responsibility to ob1ectivity that

can be important in keeping businesses honest. ut, it%s really up to media to maintain that

ob1ectivity.

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