“Bombshell” Review

You don’t even have to look up the credits to know this film was by one of the co-writers of The Big Short. Within the first few minutes, we’re given a crash course on the Fox News beast that brewed the scandal of Roger Ailes. We meet a few people and get an idea of how the news network functions on provocation and titillation, how Ailes operates, how the news is generated, and where everyone works. Without a moment to take it all in, we’re thrust right into the scandalous environment of 2016...