Based on Sorkin's work, he's never met ... a bona fide conservative.
But "The Newsroom" isn't persuasive. It doesn't even seem to want to persuade. It wants to preach. In this case, the choir is liberal, and the sermon is about how much smarter the choir is than that other choir across town...."The Newsroom" newscasts quickly degenerate into McAvoy espousing almost exclusively liberal arguments (which also happen to be Sorkin's) while dismissing the conservative side -- or presenting its arguments in less than "the best possible form...."Real journalism - the kind of deep-dive into conservative movement that the New Yorker does so well - might help liberal viewers understand what they're really up against. Instead the show invites them to throw up their hands and say, well, the other side is crazy.That's not helpful. That's hopelessness.
"It doesn't have to be that way."
ABC'S JAKE TAPPER DISMANTLES SORKIN'S 'NEWSROOM' "Tapper ... found himself pretty disappointed by the end result.
NY Times; So Sayeth the Anchorman ...."Mr. Sorkin has created his own newsroom — a Brigadoon version — where high-minded journalists pursue accuracy and excellence by, as one character puts it, “speaking truth to stupid.” "
"Tapper's full review is well worth a read, but the highlight is how Tapper brilliantly exposes Hollywood's tired and lazy partisan ploy of using Republican characters to further a left-wing agenda.
....they believe that responsibility consists mostly of criticizing Republicans. This is done through the oldest trick in the book for a Hollywood liberal: by having McAvoy be a “sane Republican” who looks at his party with sadness and anger.
