Truth (2015)
Directed by James Vanderbilt

Film Synopsis

In 2004, the American presidential election is well under way when Mary Mapes, producer of the CBS programme 60 Minutes, lays her hands on certain compromising documents.  According to this information, whose authenticity Mapes has no reason to doubt, presidential candidate George W. Bush received preferential treatment during the Vietnam War which allowed him to evade active service.  Not long after these findings are aired in a programme produced by Mapes and presented by Dan Rather, the factual basis of the documents is challenged and it turns out that they may have been forged.  Another contentious matter that Mapes unleashes on the American public is the systematic abuse and torture of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison camp - a revelation that is more likely to tarnish President Bush's reputation...