Power of the press: Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks discuss 'The Post'

Through accident and design, Spielberg couldn’t have timed The Post better, writes Shilpa Ginatra

Ten months ago, when the script first landed on his desk, Donald Trump had just begun his attacks on news broadcaster CNN declaring them “fake news”.

Now, in the week of the film’s release, the US president is due to deliver “The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media”.