Episode Two of Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom: Conservatives Are Stupid and Racist
During the June 24th premiere of Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama, The Newsroom, viewers were introduced to Will MacAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels), a popular news anchor with scathing opinions about the United States. Episode two continued the liberal talking points, this time portraying conservative opinions on immigration as both racist and stupid.
On the July 1 HBO broadcast, MacAvoy turned to Arizona's immigration law. Somehow, instead of a qualified expert, the only people that the fictional production team are able to find to advocate for the law are a ditzy beauty queen who claims that she didn't win a pageant because she agreed with the law, an extremely racist 'author' of self-published anti-immigration literature and a member of a citizen-run border-patrolling militia. [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
MacAvoy is then instructed to interview these last-minute guests immediately after a prominent immigrant rights advocate who had been thoroughly prepped for his appearance. Predictably, the first guest delivers his pre-prepared remarks with ease and makes an argument that leaves MacAvoy visibly enchanted.
He then sarcastically turns to his producer and gleefully tells her that "a hospitality major will not be able to speak with sophistication about constitutional law" and proceeds to ask the beauty queen about the constitutionality of states forming their own foreign policy, a subject which she has no knowledge of. The other two guests are no better and through his questions, MacAvoy is able to successfully paint them as un-educated, right-wing hacks.
Even after this, MacAvoy is not finished injecting his opinion into the news. He decides a to air an authorized segment of Sarah Palin blundering a foreign policy question before patronizingly breaking it down and explaining what "she really meant" to the viewers.
After only two episodes, it's clear what viewers can expect from Newsroom: an obnoxious liberal agenda and conservatives constantly portrayed as dumb.
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"a hospitality major will not
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 12:44pm.
"a hospitality major will not be able to speak with sophistication about constitutional law". Neither can a kenyan muslim community organizer.
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-under-siege-stop-frisk-polarizes-york-0504...
" Where is holder"?
LOL
Submitted by oldfart on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 12:51pm.
Straight out of the Alinsky Rules for Radicals - blame the other guy for what you are doing.
Ah Hah!
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:13pm.
The NewsBuster's double post gremlin strikes again! This time with an article and not a comment.
On edit: I see that the redundant article just disappeared into the bit black hole.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Actually, I'd consider this
Submitted by LinTaylor on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:18pm.
Actually, I'd consider this show a pretty accurate depiction of the MSM: the Liberal guests are practically carried to the set on a golden palanquin, while the conservatives are treated like they kill puppies and molest small children for fun.
This show depicts how those
Submitted by BigSky1970 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:32pm.
This show depicts how those in the media view Conservatives and Republicans inside The Beltway. Just look at CJ Roberts. Brow-beaten to the point of shredding the Constitution over his interpretation of Obamacare as simply a "tax".
I will agree.
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:54pm.
Considering the source, I have to say yes.
Think about that one for a second if you don't get my answer.
And I am a conservative.
-Jon
The irony of the show is
Submitted by BigSky1970 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:56pm.
The irony of the show is pseudo anchors want to be real actors and pseudo actors want to be real anchors.
If you want to join a
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:26pm.
If you want to join a Conservative group, they want:
Your name and mailing address.
If you want to join a Liberal group, they want:
Your name, mailing address, sex, sexual orientation, desired sexual orientation, race, perceived race, desired race.
Why bother watching anything Sorkin produces?
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 8:44pm.
#1 - It's HBO. We are not subscribers and will not be. Waste of money.
#2 - Sorkin is a garden-variety self-righteous recovering addict. As a psychiatrist, we encourage the programs, but we caution our patients that many of them who led wasted lives often become so consumed by saving everyone else that they develop the type of Messianic delusions that so often plague liberal politicians like Woodrow Wilson and Barry Zero.
#3 - To liberals, "balanced" means including a fuzzy, non-assertive RINO among a sea of frothing leftist fringies, despite the fact that more Americans identify as conservative than liberal. Agenda much, Aaron?
#4 - The quality of the show will likely go down as soon as Aaron rediscovers his coke-dusted roots and starts using again if he can't handle the stress. Addicts never fully recover, and they go through cycles where they do brilliantly and then crash immediately while taking everyone else with them. The success will go to his head as it did with his other projects.
#5 - It's a show by liberals, produced and casted by liberals and watched by liberals. There is absolutely no interest for a conservative except those few brave conservative souls who are genuinely bored and unable to access a PPV movie.
Stupid AND racist?
Submitted by GregE on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 8:50pm.
Sweet, I'm building a resume. I'll be back to find the third thing next week.