To Tell The Truth

In the past few days, I have come across a number of stories about people trying to uncover the truth and break the story.

Last week, the National Enquirer was considered for a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the John Edwards affair and yesterday I read an article about a man who wrote a book about Madoff.

Despite how some people feel about tabloids, in both cases people were trying to uncover the truth when no one else would listen.

Is there a character like this in your script? Is your main character a truth-teller? Think of films like Silkwood, The Insider, The Ghost Writer. Could adding this character or adding this quality to your main character improve your screenplay?