In the high-stakes environment of a news control room, Bader confronts Geoff for reporting unconfirmed news regarding the Munich Olympics hostage crisis. The tension reaches a breaking point over journalistic integrity until a wire report arrives, confirming the hostages have been freed and vindicating Geoff's gamble.
BADER: Everybody is reporting it now. They are all following our lead.
GEOFF: Good thing we were first, then.
BADER: Klein can’t even find that man at the fence who broke this. We’re talking major worldwide news. Based on the word of one mysterious man. And no one has been able to confirm it.
GEOFF
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