State of Play Directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sin Nombre Written and Directed by Cary Fukunaga By Tony Sheppard Capitol Weekly The news media get a bad rap for assorted reasons. Every major outlet is either too liberal or too conservative, depending on whose eyes are doing the beholding – and regardless of how much one goldilocks (see urbandictionary.com) one’s way around the news channels, the commentators never seem to find one that’s just right. If it’s not perceived bias, then it’s the perception that stories are avoided in order to appease corporate overlords with corporately overlordish ties to the subjects of scandal. This topic of avoidance surfaces briefly in “State of Play