"So what you mean is that the current news media use their perspective to interpret news and abandon the authenticity of news for economic benefits?" Brad was unwilling to lose, and he was still trying hard to fight Hugo. Although he was not aggressive, his awesome righteousness burst out in his eyes, making Brad's unruly appearance look quite like a messenger of justice at this time.

Hugo felt the breath of Brad's head-on confrontation. He couldn't help but restrain his smile, staring at Brad motionlessly, without giving in, "Yes!" Hugo did not deliberately raise his voice, but his words were firm and loud. Although Hugo's expression did not feel righteous, the confidence and firmness that emanated from his bones were clearly conveyed through his voice.

"I think you and I are very clear that news reports cannot actually include all the details of the facts. They can only be close to the facts or can only be a selective fact. In the process of news reporting, every media will have their own criteria for choosing facts, which is also the reason why major media are different." Although Hugo is not a professional, the high development of Internet news in the 21st century is that as an ordinary person, Hugo has his own understanding of these, and Hugo is naturally no exception.

"From the perspective of news theory, it is true that objectivity and authenticity are the core that any media should adhere to, but you ignore that in a highly commercial society, even the media must consider the tendency of marketization, which will inevitably affect their criteria for choosing facts." Hugo's words are like a distant bell, echoing in Brad's ears again and again. "In order to increase the ratings and to defeat his opponents in fierce competition, the media has to pay attention to the stimulation and drama of the news, and conduct detailed reports on some news that have so-called 'market value' and exaggerate them."

Brad wanted to interrupt and refute, but Hugo didn't give him a chance. His stimulating eyes suppressed Brad, making his words always stuck in his throat and unable to speak at all. His brain was forced to follow Hugo's thoughts, and he couldn't find a gap to activate his thoughts. Although Hugo didn't increase his voice, Hugo didn't slap him, this intimidating momentum made Brad unable to make an effective counterattack. This feeling was really bad!

"Many times, the content of the news is not important, and the consequences of the news are not important. Only by winning readers and audiences with sensational vacation news is the most important thing. Isn't headline news this way?" At this moment, no other people's voices were found on the dining table, including Martin, who has always been very strong in aura, and then he was silent. Only Hugo was expressing his views in his warm but firm voice, impacting everyone's thoughts. "Take the Rodney King incident as an example, it is not a great news for the police to beat a parole criminal who refuses to arrest, and the white police brutally beat an innocent black man for no reason, which will become the number one news."

"In fact, from the perspective of KTLA TV, they just chose the news facts based on their own situation. They did not expect the consequences of the matter to be so serious. Or, compared with the fate of the four white policemen and the prospects of the TV station, they chose the TV station. The choice of interests is so simple." Hugo's words made people feel cold all over. Even the people living in the entertainment industry still felt that their lives were in danger. They were like grasshoppers playing in the hands of the media, and they were unable to resist at all.

"But..." Brad finally found his voice and squeezed out a word from his dry throat, but he was completely gone from the righteousness he had just now, and he was more like a dying struggle. "But, what about the truth of the news? What about the morality of the media?"

"Real? Didn't KTLA TV station report the truth? No, they did report the facts, because the videos are all the truth, they just chose to report this part of the truth, but ignored the cause of this part of the truth. That's all." Many times, the media does not necessarily distort the facts. They just make choices based on their own interests and choose an angle to report the facts.

In the Rodney King incident, the media chose their own interests, sacrificed four white police officers, provoked racial disputes, and even covered up the criminal Rodney King, which made the TV station's behavior even more unforgivable. However, this is the social reality, such a cruel and cold social reality.

This time, Brad could no longer speak and sat on the chair with a depressed look on his face. Although his back was still straight, the justice between his eyebrows had dissipated.

Rob looked at Brad and Hugo in front of him, and Brad performed even more strongly, occupying the moral commanding heights and constantly putting pressure on Hugo; while Hugo was calm and composed, he fought back with the facts in his hands, even in the face of Brad's step-by-step pressing, he was no longer confused.

The debate in front of him actually had little impact on the Rodney King incident, because they were not the top figures in the Hollywood pyramids and could not be called the so-called public opinion leader at all. They were slight. However, this made Robert think of the court debate in "Yihai Xiongfeng". The protagonist Daniel of the movie also had to face all kinds of difficulties, unravel the truth, bravely resisted the established facts, and finally realized true justice.

In fact, strictly speaking, Brad and Hugo play Daniel are both good choices, otherwise Rob would not have arranged an audition. In the debate just now, although Brad was at a disadvantage, it did not affect Brad's unyielding attitude during the debate; while Hugo's performance made people shine, with clear thinking, clear order, full of confidence, and strong momentum, almost shocked the other old fried dough sticks present. The two have their own temperaments, but if they want to replace Tom Cruise as Daniel, there will be no problem.

Rob originally only mentioned the Rodney King incident, trying to see how Brad and Hugo feel when they expressed their personal opinions, but unexpectedly triggered a debate and achieved unexpected gains. However, looking at Brad's frustration, Rob knew that things should not be too much. After all, they are not lawyers or juries, so they don't need to be too entangled with this matter.

Seeing Martin's expression but stopping, Robert knew that Martin, who was used to taking the initiative, was planning to solve the situation, but Robert stopped Martin with his eyes. He did not want his agent to intervene in today's audition too much, which would affect his correct judgment of the actor. "Brad, why do you want to star in this work?"

This is also an official question during the audition. Almost every actor will prepare, and Hugo is also conceiving his answer in his mind, but he immediately gave up. Who knows whether Rob will ask him the same question next? It is better not to give preset answers, and it is more appropriate to adapt to the situation.

"As Martin said just now, I have always loved your works very much. When I learned that this was a film directed by you, I was very yearning for it. Being able to win the opportunity to audition was even more flattered." Brad was indeed a strong man. He quickly recovered from the blow just now, temporarily suppressed his thoughts on the Rodney-Kim incident, and cheered up and returned to the audition. "I believe that being able to work with you will be a very rare experience."

Brad's answer was just a bit concise to Robert. It can be felt that there should be Martin's shadow. After all, as a senior agent, Martin's grasp of the industry's pulse should not be underestimated. In contrast, Joseph did not explain anything to Hugo, and he just let Hugo play his freely.

When Robert heard Brad's words, he couldn't help but smile, "I'm very stressed and I've been worried before I made this movie."

Robert and Brad were having a great time talking, and Hugo was naturally neglected. However, Hugo was not anxious. He had just had a long time to perform, and now he was unreasonable. There was no need to do so. Anyway, Robert must have his own plans in his mind.

Sure enough, after about three minutes, Robert asked casually, "Hugo, what about you? Do you have any expectations for this video?" The question changed a little.

Hugo was originally destroying his last chicken wings. He hesitated whether he should put the chicken wings down or continue eating them. He was stunned for a moment. Seeing this action in Robert's eyes, he couldn't help laughing. Hugo put down the fork that was thorning the chicken wings with a little embarrassed, "I think I have no expectations. I just need a job, so I came to audition."

Hugo's honest answer was unexpected. Not only Robert, but even Joseph looked over in surprise, let alone Brad and Martin. Hugo knew that the competitors he was facing today were not just Brad, but also Tom who was not present. In terms of qualifications, popularity, box office, works and reputation, Hugo has no chance of winning at all. Therefore, instead of plotting intrigue there, it is better to be honest and win a glimmer of hope.

"To be honest, I only received the audition call this afternoon. I have no idea about the script and I don't know anything about the movie except the name of the movie." This is the truth. Although Hugo despised himself in his heart: You know clearly about the movie, Hugo continued to speak quietly on the surface.

"Of course, it's not that easy for me to have a job opportunity to come to my house," Hugo said this self-deprecating sentence, which immediately made both Robert and Martin smile, which made Brad glar at Martin with dissatisfaction, expressing his dissatisfaction with Martin's willingness to support Hugo, and Hugo was not affected. He continued, "And, I think I have nothing to be picky about when I can cooperate with Jack and cooperate with Robert, right? So, I appeared and waited for Robert, you will pick on me."
Chapter completed!