Trial by Media (aka An American Daughter) (2000)

Description

Lyssa Grant Hughes (Christie Lahti, "Chicago Hope", 2001 Golden Globe nominee for this role), has given blood, sweat and tears to build a name for herself as a doctor. As a respected physician promoting women's health issues and fighting for women's rights, she has decided to set her sights on a career in politics. When a family friend tips a reporter about a minor indiscretion in her past, Lyssa's campaign quickly becomes the focus of a media feeding frenzy. Desperate for headlines and rating, the press will stop at nothing to find a scandal and destroy her reputation. Denounced by the newspapers as a spoiled, out-of-touch aristocrat, dismissed as selfish by the talk shows, Lyssa's only hope is her father, a powerful politician. When he rallies his spin doctors and consultants to rescue her, Lyssa is forced to make a choice … speak her mind and preserve her self-respect at the risk of losing the election, or swallow her pride to play the media's game. Either way, she loses something previous.