The Newsroom 1x03: The 112th Congress (The Media Elite)

Hell yeah! This is the Aaron Sorkin oratory I know & love!, this opening sequence was astonishingly well written. Behold, The West Wing 2.0 👊🏻
Absolutely no copyright infringement intended, I only have the utmost respect for HBO, Aaron Sorkin & the cast & crew of 'The Newsroom'
#AaronSorkin #TheNewsroom

[@graceisgone85]

Sorkin and cast should be very proud of what they're doing here.

[@walstib4945]

Thank you!

[@leafroadlounge]

It still tracks

[@geniusfollower]

"Because news is only useful in the context of humanity." Beautiful. #TheSorkinEffect

[@Silirion]

Literally read this comment as it was being uttered in the clip

[@R4Y2k]

"The Newsroom" or as I like to put it; "How it should have been covered"

[@happzy]

I honestly can't imagine this show today. With Trump in power the amount of the source material would turn this into a soap opera in terms of length.

[@op3129]

someone said West Wing was "What you Wish Clinton Did". when I heard that, I thought "What you Wish EVERY administration did" seems similar to this Newsroom/McAvoy/Sorkin screed except writ large: what we wish MSM would do (instead of craven corporatism/bothsidesism)

[@poupous5454]

@@happzy LET ME TELLL U TO THIS VERY DAY IM AMAZED WE COULD FORTALE THIS MUCH ... AND AMERICANS COULDNT ... WTF HAPPENED.... IM STILL TEAM DONT GET IT TWISTED ... BUT DAMN WHAT A LET DOWN.... NOW WHAT DO WE DO TO PROTECT OUR FUCKING BEHIND !!!!!!

[@mhoran21]

Show should have been called Hindsight

[@dukesnewsalert1655]

THERE SHOULD BE A PROTEST TO BRING THIS MASTER PIECE BACK ON AIR. BY THE NAME OF NEWS WHO IS WITH ME !!!!

[@davidcarter2720]

While 1x01's McAvoy rant still gets the press, this was my favorite Sorkin sermon from this sorely missed show.

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

So much. This is such a better speech, he really makes a much deeper point, and gets into a much deeper, much less understood subject - this scene helped to get me thinking sooo much, and helped change me so much.

[@yokie52]

I wish I lived in Aaron Sorkin's world.

[@221BSam]

Yokie Miller oh, me too!

[@majorevangelism]

@@221BSam You waited 7 years to reply?

[@fredyph30]

@@majorevangelism 😂😂

[@JFmK-sh5nh]

You do.

[@sondaika12]

No you dont, you only wish to live in that world if you're on the receiving end. His world requires people to be honest to themselves, which we rarely are

[@ZeroMod]

Recently retired from engineering support of overnight news (ABC) 31 years before the mast of Dizney (!) THIS show thrilled me and I can tell you polarized many in the TV news biz as the truth often does.

[@Wustenfuchs109]

As someone who worked for several years as a journalist, this clip, and this entire series, just hits like a bullet train! I worked for the (far) right-wing media outlets in my country, and levels of lies and misinformation that was shoved down the consumer's throat every day was staggering. And what made it even worse, people were not doing it out of conviction - most of them KNEW they were lying and manipulating the audience - and still did it with a laugh. I myself headed the science division of the news, which should be the least impacted by politics - but for every decent and quality news I'd put out, the chief editor would force-push 3 stories with conspiracy theories into the science segment. I literally felt like Don Quijote, fighting the windmills. I tried to engage with the audience, tried to provide the objective, verified and quality news - but they simply did not want that. They wanted their opinions verified. As Don said in one episode - you can never assume that the viewer does not already know everything. So while this is my favorite series ever, and I yearn for a news outlet like this and professional journalists with integrity - I saw firsthand that even when the audience gets that, they don't want it. So the premise of the Newsroom that, if you just give them quality they will come, is unfortunately a fantasy. People DO NOT want the truth. They want their words and ideas validated, no matter what they are. And the modern age gave them the ability to close into echo chambers and never have their ideas confronted, sinking deeper and deeper into delusions and fanaticism, pushing people further into the extremes of left and right, growing the chasm between them. News is #1 power in the world, and also the #1 problem. Which ever problem you have in your community, city, country, world - start digging for the core of the problem, you'll find the news agency at the bottom of that hole. Every. Single. Time.

[@vtolwariors8429]

Whoever you are, I thank you for your efforts for they alone inspire hope to other aspiring honourable journalists. Though you didn’t succeed, take pride in the fact that you took steps forward and paved a longer path for those who come after you to follow.

[@zandarx]

i appreciate your job as a journalist but i question the labels of right and left and all that crap. It truly doesnt matter, there is only good evil and shades of grey....

[@scottmueller550]

This segment should be shown in every news room before they go on air every day! Advertisers be damn.

[@Ladygothii12]

one of the reasons we have the candidates we do is because the media still isn't doing its damn job

[@misha1980]

Actually, we have the candidates we do is because the media is doing the job they're paid for

[@andrewndify]

Neither are the people. We just go on and ignore it

[@ptery]

That's only one reason - and only partially --the other reason is that we have never been a country that valued education. Especially if making informed decisions affected the bottom line of short term profits.

[@zorkmid1083]

The media is doing the job, but you have to listen or read.

[@priyadsh]

Actually it is definitely because of the people. Sure media contributed but there is only one remedy for ignorance and stupidity. The people themselves have to realize, unite and change

[@spdcrzy]

I never knew the history of the evening news until I saw this scene for the first time.

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

Me too! Yeah... unfortunatly, its not a story the media would really like aired about themselves - I mean its fine if it gets aired, they can't do anything but ignore HBO if they let something let thus get published, but they certainly would rather have people thinking the press was fair and free rather than a spectacle

[@Grendelbc]

I really miss this great show.

[@miketenn7761]

Can we please only have Will McAvoy report on the Corona Virus going forward? Thanks in advance!

[@batirtzeurkiaga4973]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@murderhill1947]

Rachael Maddow my friend. We have Will in reality.

[@davidstorrs]

I have been thinking this exact thing. In fact, could we only have Will McAvoy report on *anything* going forward? Not to say that there aren't good journalists out there, but Will is fictional and is therefore able to be better than any real journalist...also, there are a ton of absolutely crap journalists.

[@MacKeyser]

I thought I read that Aaron Sorkin is trying to bring the show back.

[@davidstorrs]

@@MacKeyser Don't toy with my heart, Mac. :P

[@allensmith9047]

Wouldn't it be fantastic if every news network would have this type of integrity? You know where a story is actually vetted and factual and not an extension of someone's political affiliate.

[@MrFTW733]

Nothing more beautiful than witnessing great writing that begins with pen and paper.

[@221BSam]

Izzy G. Mr Sorkin is a true wordsmith! 😊 be well

[@MrFTW733]

221BSam you as well, thank you

[@Lovebug06901]

Or uses a fax machine and not email

[@Sickofdrawingcowboys717]

"I'm going with the guys who are getting creamed" instantly wins favour to the listener. Such a great line.

[@andreghouse6069]

Australia needs this type of news broadcast.

[@theolamp5312]

+andre ghouse - Hi Andre - Now, more than ever - We need this in the US. Best wishes, Ted

[@pagwani610]

Every country needs this type of broadcast

[@EuromanMovieReport]

Jeff Daniels has really grown as an actor.

[@arestitian7857]

I would be thrilled with 1 news broadcast that held to that standard. Unfortunately, even though that is how it should be, not one news channel has enough ethics to be honest even for an hour a day.

[@benlowe1701]

I'd love to agree with you. But to be honest, why should they? When News is a product, we can only blame the consumer for what the market says is profitable. If the Consumer won't adhere to an ethical standard, why should the Supplier?

[@BrianRollinsVO]

It's easy to blame the news media for its current state, and they do have some blame upon them. But they are merely creating a product that people have demanded. The "old school" news programs lost out to the hot and flashy news of CNN and Fox News. People turned off intelligent reporting that they "disagreed with" and went to tabloid trash like Nancy Grace or hucksters like Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson. There is still good, solid journalism out there. You just have to be willing to pay for it with a subscription. You aren't going to get full details on CNN or Fox. They are in a mad dash to be first, but never to be accurate. NBC/CBS/ABC only have 30 minutes to cover a staggering amount of news. If you want good journalism, you'll have to read and you'll have to pay for it. Demand better news and we'll get better news.

[@BigBraht]

Loved this monologue when I saw it. Thus, I had to watch it again.

[@arbitterm]

The irony here is that he ends by going to a commercial

[@mckenzie.latham91]

He doesn't own the company that owns the Network and so has no control over it.

[@elonwhatever]

There's a difference though between including ads and catering to the advertisers. But yes, in an ideal world there would be no commercials during newscasts.

[@capnskiddies]

@@elonwhatever it doesn't really help. The BBC in the UK is not permitted to advertise, or favour or display any product across its entire programming or sell advertising between programs. The place, its programming, & reporting is still biased very heavily to the left, just maybe two serious broadcast journalists who are old-timer centre-right types for the appearance of balance.

[@elonwhatever]

@@capnskiddies There's a difference between appearing balanced and being actually balanced. A centrist, fact-based reporting network will seem to be left-leaning in modern times, mostly because current right wing populists spout a lot of nonsense that is ignored for being inaccurate. (there's a handfull of left wing populists too, though these tend to be rarer). Look at all the Trump lies, a true centrist network would state his lie is inaccurate and ignore it. Yet US networks spend hours debating his most outrageous claims with both right and left pundits, lending credence to the lie. Just doing away with the pundit discussions would improve this, even if it makes for less entertaining tele.

[@jackson857]

He's also on a cable news network which is not what he's talking about. He's talking about mainstream free to air television channels.

[@jrcadet4]

I worked under a superb Journalism instructor long ago, who tried to instill in us what Will MacAvoy and his fictional cohorts aspire to: namely, that electronic journalism shouldn't sell its' ethics for ratings nor to pander to advertisers. There's an element of public interest which HAS to prevail, no matter what the Top Floor tries to dictate.

[@RojaJaneman]

Legendary speech! Brilliant writing! Tip u my hat sir/ma’am.

[@Kevin-tz2lv]

Aaron Sorkin, great writer. Wrote first 4 seasons of the west wing. A few good men, social network, many others

[@tomsampson8084]

If only this could be so.

[@dalep3287]

No paid advertisements during informational programming...I like it!

[@SuperFlexg]

This is what news should be.

[@avalsonline2]

if it was, it would fail.

[@AtlChris]

This show was so damn smug. So damn sanctimonious. So damn self-righteous. So damn good.

[@vasari9198]

Well done.

[@lynnerose7891]

And correct.

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

Timely

[@roddaman7545]

I love this moment.

[@KikoJonesUSA]

Yes, this is a Sorkin utopia but it sure makes for great TV.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Except it used to be the real world...again Will accurately points out that there used to be systems that forced news groups to cover all sides and kept advertisers from compromising the news integrity and credibility.

[@titanman33]

@@mckenzie.latham91 Fairness Doctrine (abolished in 1987) required broadcasts to present issues in a way that was "honest, equitable, and balanced" per the FCC Personal Attack rule (struck down in 2000) required broadcasts to allow individuals an opportunity to rebut any attacks on their "honesty, character, integrity, or like personal qualities" on air and in person.

[@lucasharvey8990]

Thanks for the video!

[@Jianju69]

So appealing! So much what we both want & need! And so,ever so far from the reality of how our system is actually operating today.

[@carterdyche]

I wish this could be a real news channel

[@clarapilier]

And this is what pissed the big three.

[@poupous5454]

To warn u again as annImmigrat from Rwanda 🇷🇼

[@Celtic_Blade]

I love that Jim is old school. They have phones and email he gets a fax.

[@Madbandit77]

Damn straight, Will.

[@GigiGigiK]

His commentary and this whole show reminds me of anchor Keith Olberman, formerly of MSNBC, now on his own on cable news.Some of the best tiraids ever thrown on tv concerning the truth in politics and journalism were thrown by Keith Olberman.This show mirrors Keith's life and that of Rachel Maddow.

[@cawsnallthis]

You lost all credibility with the last 2 words of your comment

[@nextworld9176]

@@cawsnallthis Maddow has the best fact-checking team. And she apologizes when she's been wrong.

[@tomboysquirrel]

This speech was awesome but I missed half of it from shock at Neal and that girl 😂

[@petergaskin1811]

We didn't get this programme in the UK. Our loss. We can only see clips on KZbin. If only...

[@jlmfoy365]

We should send this clip to the heads of BBC, ITV, CHANNEL 4&5 also SKY news and whatever that new FOX clone is called. Just to give them something to live up to. Regards Jim UK

[@petergaskin1811]

@@jlmfoy365 GB News - shortened to Garbage News.

[@petergaskin1811]

@@jlmfoy365 It's called GBNews - supposed to represent "Great British News"- actually it's not News but full of "Genuine Bollox News". Just like Fox News, it gets away with said bollox by being an opinion channel and not intended to be a "Broadcaster of Record" or so said some female right wing shill on a Sunday Morning Talk Show.

[@MillionBahtBabes]

lord i wish I lived in his world too! but I did. his world was how it used to be in the 1980s - what i grew up in and adored.

[@colombomofo]

Chilling.

[@markmuldoon805]

If only that was the truth and practice of the media.

[@dianama1612]

This monologue is well worth consideration as we consider the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

[@stephenfgdl]

why isin't this show not here during the Trump Era.... it would have been great!!!!

[@tjg801]

Make The Newsroom Great Again

[@clockwork9827]

this show is great

[@michaeladams5332]

Prophetic movie. Wish someone like this would run for office but I guess being a rich actor is more important.

[@har9020]

Wait, you want Jeff Daniels to run for office because he played a character who had something important to say? Jeff didn't write that speech. Aaron Sorkin did. Jeff just read it aloud. What are Jeff's specific qualifications that you feel make him a good candidate for office? The ability to read speeches on TV?

[@SupachargedGaming]

Y'know what, yeah, that'd be a pretty useful skill for the self-proclaimed "leader of the free world" to possess. The ability to speak competently, particularly in public (or on TV). @@har9020

[@poupous5454]

Indeed sir again on 8th april 2023

[@donaldbutcher1260]

Wouldn't it be great if just one of the major network news anchors had the courage to make such a statement on live TV and then follow up by actually doing a broadcast that embodied those values .

[@Liz86000]

Damn I miss this show...

[@R4Y2k]

If more people had seen the Newsroom, we probably wouldn't have to deal with Faux-News and Trump by now.

[@kasegiyabu5030]

Huh?

[@lilshabaz1862]

I open pens by clicking them on the table. Done it for years... Its because of Will McaAvoy.

[@glazierblue573]

Why can't we have real broadcasting like this??

[@TheVFXbyArt]

Glazier Blue We do on youtube: Jimmy Dore show Chris Hedges on contact Rising (on “the hill” channel) Richard Wolff democracy at work Ralph Nader Radio Hour Useful idiots with matt tiaibi Laura flanders show Max Blumenthal The Zero hour by RJ Eskow The Grayzone

[@thatzachguy76]

Gosh imagine if they had someone do that now

[@timothygalvin3021]

Neal could have waited a couple of minutes to read an email!

[@the7esla989]

Maybe he knew a couple of minutes wont be enough

[@capnskiddies]

He was too close to busting. He wanted a minute to take the kettle off the boil.

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

MSNBC, NYT, TWP, ESPN, CBS, PBS, BBC, FOX, and most of all, CNN, has a lot to learn from this🤓🇸🇪 If I missed anyone feel free to ad them to the list.

[@EN-Fitz]

Uhhh, Fox?

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

E N Fitz : now, why in the world, would I miss that🤭

[@hexmaniacciaran]

agreed, people are threatened by someone who may be better than they are when instead they should be inspired that they will one day be on that person's level

[@iEarthos]

The Newsroom 1x03: The 112th Congress (The Media Elite)

[@rigodon97]

Feels like the whole show is only his scene repeated with slight variations

[@strategic1710]

Sounds righteous and warm and fuzzy to listen to, but not achievable. What we say we want and what we actually tune in to are two different things.

[@DeeWeber]

Boom

[@pseutube]

Ah how news should be

[@kossttamojaan]

If only the world worked like this

[@robinpotter3475]

I long for a time when the truth meant something. When facts were not debated. When there was no alternative facts.

[@user-du2of3lh1g]

What's depressing about all this is the fact a tv show about the news will get more viewers them the actual news!!!

[@0001Roque]

Where do I find this chapter dubbed into Spanish?

[@zak-of-all-trades9638]

Best Sorkin monologue?

[@221BSam]

Zak Hunter-Gilbert maybe, hmm... 🤔

[@AmericanPoliceState]

There is a difference between a pundit initiating an investigation and the House committee of Education and the Work force doing an investigation.

[@dalep3287]

You really should have shown Clarks statement.

[@Casey_Bass]

I wish we had someone like this, anyone being the real reporter on the Corona Virus today, not the fear mongers on air now

[@theolamp5312]

For 1 hour a day you work for us and the American people. If only that were true. But, McAvoy left out one notable broadcaster, Frank Reynolds.

[@larrysmith2638]

Well, he left out a lot of people. And as much as I liked Tim Russert, he was not above sensationalizing the news on his show. But I agree, Frank Reynolds was a great newsman.

[@AmericanPoliceState]

So im assuming that you work for an Ad company?

[@AmericanPoliceState]

What are your sources?

[@midtownmphs]

Oh, I wish that it were.

[@221BSam]

Lots of extra viewers to my video lately, can't imagine why. Aaron really got you where you live America, just look at what you've done, not just to your own people, to the world. PS I am not an elitist, nor did I go to university, my parents could never have afforded it. I just feel there should be a standard that our elected officials meet & your new President lacks in empathy, humanity, decency & is a sociopath. Not to mention a sexual predator! I hope you know what you voted for, I really do.

[@hannahreynolds8631]

.... uh the majority of us didn't vote for him

[@lanebatts26]

what a strange little world that would be too lol

[@theolamp5312]

Aaron Sorkin obviously has his own agenda. But, I've seen much worse agendas.

[@theodoremcgee334]

Though this show is 20 - 20 hindsight it is factual and clearly shows that what was said in the negative of Bush and Obama for that matter, were truths - especially the W admin. To not see that is to be in dreamland and false. Yes, Sorkin is a certain type of writer but setting the record straight is what he can do in a show like this - but you denying its truths makes you one with the wrong agenda.

[@theolamp5312]

Hi Theodore - I am a fan of Aaron Sorkin. From THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT - to WEST WING - To NEWSROOM - and hopefully beyond. All I was saying is that he clearly has his own agenda. His detractors would say he is far to liberal. I said I've seen much worse agendas. My meaning is that I prefer his views to many of those who come from the far right. Picasso said "Art is a lie that brings us closer to the truth". I hope that makes some sense. Best wishes, Ted

[@onrev]

I know i come into this conversation really late, and normally I don't post on super old comments, but as you seem like a reasonable man, I just want to put forth the idea, that the original comment says nothing about Aaron Sorkin being wrong in pushing what he pushed. I know that the word agenda is so charged with negative connotations, but realistically, everyone is colored by bias, and everyone has an agenda, it is part of the human experience. Like Will admits in his mission statement, He'll show his own opinions, but spare no effort in presenting opinions that contradict his own. The important part of having an agenda, is pushing it with integrity, ready to, should evidence come to the contrary of what you believe, be willing to vet, and assimilate it into your world view, as opposed to denying it as a gut reaction to the possibility you might have been wrong. And I think over the course of this show's 3 seasons they succeeded in that. While I'm not the most well versed in current events and modern politics, as a fan of the show, I definitely felt a fair representation of facts presenting during the show. In that, it is hard to argue they failed in.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Sorkin said he wanted the series to be an "idealistic, romantic, swashbuckling, sometimes comedic but very optimistic, upward-looking look at a group of people who are often looked at cynically."

[@lgmmrm]

@@mckenzie.latham91 To be fair, and this is from someone considered to be the enemy by the right and left, the media has, in the last 4-5 years, devoted themselves to choosing *their* candidate, and back them while tearing down whoever stands against them. Being more on the right socially, I definitely disagree with about 80% of Sorkin's ideology and agenda, but I can respect his writing. I also love that even though he was definitely on the Right and Sorkin is definitely on the left, that there's a line in here paying homage to William F. Buckley. While I, firmly on the paternalistic side of conservatism, disagree heavily with Buckley's fusionism, he was, by and large, the colossus on the "conservative" side during the Golden Age of the nightly news, and like Rather and Kronkite, each of which had an agenda on their own, was not as crassly sensationalistic as the current era of newscasters.

[@masterbaiter5533]

Dont you just like how you wait for an apple to grow and then savor the taste. As in life, death brings new beginnings. The bigger the head, the greater the profit. We build them up to watch them fall. So we can eat.

[@bradtorville5526]

And then they tossed all of that out the window and covered the Casey Anthony trial.

[@tomkaplavka8446]

The story line was for the ratings and lowering one's standards.

[@MarsFKA]

And, while advertising is a subject for discussion, here's a message for KZbin, who made me disable my AdBlock before I could run their videos: Dear KZbin, I have never, once, watched one of the ads that you make me endure before, and during, a video. Every time you intrude on my privacy, I mute the sound and keep my eyes firmly on the little box in the bottom corner of the screen, until the word "Skip" appears, or until the little yellow line catches up with the the little box that says "Video will play soon". I don't know who advertises during those moments and have no interest in finding out. Screw you, KZbin. I'm doing what little I can to ensure that your advertisers are wasting their money.

[@SupachargedGaming]

If you're still struggling, try using incognito / private browsing with adblock (or an alternative, there's a few good ones). Works for me, and has for several months.

[@RecklessFables]

Meanwhile, today...

[@432abcde]

"We'll be the enemy of hyperbole"- in the last episode of S1 didn't he call the Tea Party the American Taliban? That said, I love this clip, and this show. I just love Sorkin!

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Which of these policies is Tea Party and which is Taliban? * Limit Women's Rights / Anti Abortion * Opposition/Vilification of Homosexuality * Limit Education * Teach Scripture as literal truth * Scripture should be the basis of law * Restrict Healthcare * Deny Science and Evolution Hint:...it's a trick question

[@hexmaniacciaran]

sure I want my leaders to be from wonderful schools, but you know what would be really impressive? if they were poor and made it to those places, they understand the people and the struggle required for an outsider to become the elite and that would be a real catalyst for change to level the playing field

[@mikewatson7762]

Cut the line "News Night's quitting that circus"

[@martinlisitsata]

sadly it only lasted for 25 episodes

[@Scott1305]

We could really use this show again these days

[@Kevin-tz2lv]

They are out there, just ignored by even the people who say they want them

[@najhoant]

I think that was off the camera

[@ravenRedwake]

Is this show like, super optimistic about a faction like how Bluebloods is about cops?

[@theolamp5312]

If Only

[@HamletJr]

it's Oratory

[@lennykoss8777]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Loophole closing measure?

[@BlackCat-dm7se]

bring this show back and add Jim Carrey as co anchor

[@Matt-wg9xn]

Not sure what the solution would be because he's basically said state funded news was the alternative which would be rife for corruption as well.

[@septegram]

Nah. Not state-funded, but funded by the network. Like lawyers doing pro bono work.

[@GigiGigiK]

You get in by way of an education. Knock knock knock.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

If only ...

[@CasualMaggot]

Is this a sci-fi?

[@FutureReverberations]

Yes, basically Will is only in the first 5 minutes of the first episode. After that its a pod person.

[@era6816]

Joseph , lol

[@YNot1989]

"The mortal enemy of... hyperbole" "The Tea Party is the American Taliban."

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

...and then they went on to explain exactly why the comparison was not hyperbole but apt.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Except they are Which of these policies is Tea Party and which is Taliban? * Limit Women's Rights / Anti Abortion * Opposition/Vilification of Homosexuality * Limit Education * Teach Scripture as literal truth * Scripture should be the basis of law * Restrict Healthcare * Deny Science and Evolution Hint...it's a trick question.

[@NGTGO]

Dev Patel is so hot!

[@iheartheenim]

Pure fiction and it hurts. 😭

[@briandenapoli3250]

Yeah if only

[@daistoke1314]

The media gets worse, go Joe, we'll keep the women quiet.

[@ultimtdisc]

lol. Ooookay.