re: Has their ever been a more self-important TV show than "The Newsroom"?

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I tried watching it because the teasers all gave the impression of a show that was going to be pretty even handed in its ridicule of politicians and talking heads on the 24 hour networks.

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Same here. The Daniels rant was good and hooked me in. I hate both sides of politics.

Then it went full retard. Pretentious assholes.