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KurtNYC

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8. Thanks for the correction

Reply to RockaFowler (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:47 PM

Jun 2012

Not knocking the show. It looks to be entertaining from the trailer but I am wary of using fictional dramas as the source of truth about how newsrooms operate right now. The problem with mass media is not laziness as the OP asserts -- it is more like foxes guarding the hen house -- and the tendency of viewers to seek out infotainment sources that pander to their beliefs IMHO.

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After watching The Newsroom - I realize just how MAD I have been at the Press! [View all] jillan Jun 2012 OP

It's not laziness; snot Jun 2012 #1

BINGO FreakinDJ Jun 2012 #2

I also watched it twice last night Gothmog Jun 2012 #3

I'm hooked too RockaFowler Jun 2012 #4

What do you think would happen at your TV stations if something like this happened? Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #16

The Newsroom is fiction KurtNYC Jun 2012 #5

Viacom doesn't own HBO RockaFowler Jun 2012 #6

"Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety" gave it excellent reviews...n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #7

Thanks for the correction KurtNYC Jun 2012 #8

No - it is laziness. I have msnbc on this morning and while they are talking about the scotus jillan Jun 2012 #9

That's why I enjoyed Newsroom RockaFowler Jun 2012 #10

My favorite line was when Jeff Daniels said that if he didn't know who was providing the inside jillan Jun 2012 #13

They are in the entertainment business, just like Sorkin KurtNYC Jun 2012 #15

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Oh I have been mad, we should all be Mad as Hell! Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #17

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