UNITED STATES
New York Times
By MIKE McPHATE
FEB. 24, 2016
“Journalistic objectivity be damned. I’m hoping it wins the entire lot.”
That’s Martin Baron, the executive editor of The Washington Post and former editor of The Boston Globe.
It has been a disorienting time for the journalists like Mr. Baron depicted in “Spotlight,” the film about The Globe’s investigation in 2002 of sexual abuse of children by members of the Roman Catholic clergy.
Mr. Baron, portrayed in the movie by Liev Schreiber, said the embrace from Hollywood had melted away any pretense of impartiality about the outcome of the Oscars race. The movie is up for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
With the ceremony approaching, Mr. Baron weighed in Wednesday with an essay for The Post.
Mr. Baron said he was overcome during the film’s showing at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. After the credits rolled, the actors were called on to the stage, then the journalists, for a sustained standing ovation.
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