News at Eleven

When television news director Eric Ross (Peter Riegert) pressures esteemed senior anchor Frank Kenley (Martin Sheen) to sensationalize the news, Kenley isn’t pleased — and the conflict comes to a head when a local high school sex scandal hits the news. As Ross pushes him to play up the story, Kenley wrestles with the moral complexities of the situation and tries to find the balance between the public’s need to know and the individual’s rights.