I saw the first episode of
The Newsroom,
Aaron Sorkin's take on the so-called inner workings of television news and in the very first scene I got the message. The anchor Will McAvoy, played by
Jeff Daniels, excoriates a young female student who asks the question: Why are we the greatest nation in the world? This question sparks a long-winded insulting stem winding rant from the anchor that comes right out of the America really stinks ...