News broadcasting in the fast lane

What happens in a newsroom? Does anyone besides those who work inside the concrete walls of a news broadcasting station really know? Probably not. The Newsroom, created by Aaron Sorkin, dives into this topic. Scratch that. He slams face first into this topic.

The show doesn't begin like most others. Will McAvoy, played by Jeff Daniels, starts off running right from the start. If you've ever watched some of Sorkin's most recent work (The Social Network, Moneyball, etc.), it's not hard to predict that The Newsroom is a fast-paced, quick-witted show with endless amount of dialogue. Viewers are not eased into what they are about to see. No, they are forced to decide right then and there whether or not this show is for them. Just watch and see. What do you think?

This isn't the one time throughout the show's first two seasons where this kind of thing happens. The entire show is actually based off of this kind of behavior. You see, Will McAvoy isn't the average news anchor. He actually cares what he's reporting about. So does his crew. Unlike the large majority of network stations you see today--whether in television shows or in real life--McAvoy and his team really fight for the truth and nothing but the truth, no matter how damaging it is to the station's or their own reputation.

The most amazing thing about this show is that pretty much every single story ACN (the fictional network stations known as Atlantis Cable News) reports, is a story that has actually occurred in the recent past. Stories span from the attack on the Twin Towers to the 2012 Presidential Election. Occupy Wall Street and the killing of Osama Bin Laden are also covered in this revolutionary show.

There's really not a whole lot this post can do for any of you. Simply go and watch an episode of The Newsroom. It's the only piece of advice I can give you.