The reason CNN is approved to use the four-wire is said to be because the ministry believes them to be "fair and balanced". FOX News' motto is "fair and balanced".
The film won 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special and Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie.
Michael Keaton and Paul Guilfoyle appeared together in another journalism-themed film, Spotlight (2015).
Dustin Hoffman stated in a 1994 interview with Larry King, that he was set to play Robert Wiener in this movie, directed by Barry Levinson. He also said that Levinson was considering Jeff Goldblum for the part of Peter Arnett.
On some of the posters in the critics blurb it states "Two thumbs up" - Siskel and Roeper instead of Ebert and Roeper.