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George Clooney isn’t just some suave matinee idol. No, he is a deep thinker and has all sorts of ideas rattling around in his dapper skull. Clooney took park in a screening and discussion of his film Good Night And Good Luck at the Newseum in Washington DC yesterday. And his dad, former journalist and current American University professor Nick Clooney was the moderator!

Clooney and his son (who is going to make a return appearance on ER) discussed journalism’s role in our society today for the elder Clooney’s students, and also focused on the Red Scare of the 1950s and famed reporter Edward R. Murrow’s fight to expose Senator Joseph McCarthy as a witch-hunting psychopath. It’s the main topic of Clooney’s 2005 film.

The senior Clooney uses the film as a teaching tool with his students and said it’s important that they learn from it. Clooney Jr. fixed his cufflinks and said he didn’t care for that revelation.

“Never cared for this kid! His sister’s great,” Dad Clooney joked. He also told his students that “you will get precisely the news you deserve if you accept mediocrity.” Which is why we strive here at Socialite Life to give you the most exacting analysis of just how odious Paris Hilton is. And how if he was actually dating her, we’ll drink the Kool-Aid.

Click any photo to view all 20+ photos of George Clooney in the gallery!

George Clooney isn’t just some suave matinee idol. No, he is a deep thinker and has all sorts of ideas rattling around in his dapper skull. Clooney took park in a screening and discussion of his film Good Night And Good Luck at the Newseum in Washington DC yesterday. And his dad, former journalist and current American University professor Nick Clooney was the moderator!Clooney and his son (who is going to make a return appearance on ER)
discussed journalism’s role in our society today for the elder
Clooney’s students, and also focused on the Red Scare of the 1950s and
famed reporter Edward R. Murrow’s fight to expose Senator Joseph
McCarthy as a witch-hunting psychopath. It’s the main topic of
Clooney’s 2005 film.The senior Clooney uses the film as a
teaching tool with his students and said it’s important that they learn
from it. Clooney Jr. fixed his cufflinks and said he didn’t care for
that revelation.”Never cared for this kid! His sister’s great,”
Dad Clooney joked. He also told his students that “you will get
precisely the news you deserve if you accept mediocrity.” Which is why
we strive here at Socialite Life to give you the most exacting analysis
of just how odious Paris Hilton is. And how if he was actually dating her, we’ll drink the Kool-Aid.Check out all 20+ photos of George Clooney in the gallery!