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Has their ever been a more self-important TV show than "The Newsroom"?
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:47 am
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:47 am
I tried watching it last year but gave up after a few episodes because it was so heavy handed, so full of itself.. There was no subtley, no nuance, no leaving the viewer with questions to ponder. Every episode was like a self-righteous sermon. And the Tea Party paranoia was just too much to take. Something tells me that if the show lasts long enough to take on the year 2013, there won't be any episodes about Obama's drones, or the IRS targeting conservatives, or the AP scandal, or the NSA spygate, or Fast and Furious, etc. Just a hunch.
Now these teasers promoting the show's second season, with the anchor guy wandering in the wilderness (a la Moses, I assume).
Good Lord, I hate the show even more now than I did when I quit watching it.
Now these teasers promoting the show's second season, with the anchor guy wandering in the wilderness (a la Moses, I assume).
Good Lord, I hate the show even more now than I did when I quit watching it.
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Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:52 am to L.A.
Would you like it more if it matched your political views?
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:53 am to DanglingFury
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Would you like it more if it matched your political views?
Oh absolutely he would. He holds every media and entertainment source accountable unless it's conservative.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:56 am to DanglingFury
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Would you like it more if it matched your political views?
there isn't much drama in a political-based show in a world with a lack of politics
This post was edited on 6/29/13 at 11:57 am
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:58 am to DanglingFury
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Would you like it more if it matched your political views?
I wouldn't. False flagging the main character as a Republican is just too much of a shallow and childish trick.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 11:59 am to DanglingFury
quote:I voted for Obama.
Would you like it more if it matched your political views?
The TV show is pretentious garbage.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:01 pm to L.A.
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I voted for Obama.
both times?
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:03 pm to RonBurgundy
quote:2008. 2012 I hated both candidates. Couldn't bring myself to vote for either one.
both times?
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:07 pm to L.A.
I didn't have to see an episode and could have told you that.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:15 pm to L.A.
I think it's a great show.
For what it's worth, they hired a few conservatives to balance out the writing.
For what it's worth, they hired a few conservatives to balance out the writing.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:16 pm to L.A.
I had high hopes for this show. The West Wing was liberal but it wasn't as pompous as this show. Sorkin really shows his colors here. I stopped when the Indian kid punched the computer with Rush Limbaugh's face on it. Subtly is gone.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:23 pm to TotesMcGotes
I'm conservative but I really like the show. I agree it can be heavy handed and slanted at times but overall the acting and writing is really good. Plus I really want to bang that british cougar.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:24 pm to gatorhata9
I can watch The West Wing but I can't watch The Newsroom.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:24 pm to L.A.
I'd give Aaron Sorkin a zj but the episode I watched of the Newsroom was the most obnoxious hour of "entertainment" I've endured. I can deal with heavy liberal slants but the show was just unbelievably self-righteous. The writing just came off as douchy.
This post was edited on 6/29/13 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:26 pm to gatorhata9
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I had high hopes for this show. The West Wing was liberal but it wasn't as pompous as this show. Sorkin really shows his colors here. I stopped when the Indian kid punched the computer with Rush Limbaugh's face on it. Subtly is gone.
This. Mutha effin this.
I'm a 20 year subscriber to the Los Angeles Times. Believe me, I can take liberal. I just can't take the heavy-handedness. And honestly, who even thinks about politics whan you're watching TV, unless it just gets shoved in your face. The show is as subtle as a fundamentalist preacher's sermon.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:33 pm to L.A.
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20 year subscriber to the Los Angeles Times
Save a tree and go digital Gramps.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:33 pm to beaverfever
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:35 pm to BOSCEAUX
quote:I'm digital. The Times just made me an offer I can't refuse. I get the newspaper every day for $8.00 a month. Plus my wife and daughter like to look through the sale papers on Sunday.
Save a tree and go digital Gramps
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:38 pm to tigerman03
quote:I gave it a chance based on the Aaron Sorkin pedigree.
I didn't have to see an episode and could have told you that.
Posted on 6/29/13 at 12:39 pm to L.A.
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$8.00 a month
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wife and daughter like to look through the sale papers on Sunday.
And any savings you acquired on the purchase of The Times is now gone.
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