r/Thenewsroom • u/MegSaysMeow • 3d ago
Ahead of its time
Anyone else rewatch The Newsroom and get chills? So far, everything they focused on is more relevant than ever. Brilliant and horrifying.
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u/threeleggedcats 3d ago
I’d genuinely forgotten how brilliant it is. On my third rewatch and putting off watching the final episode because then it’s over again…
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u/threeleggedcats 3d ago
Downvoted for saying how good a show is in the literal subreddit for it? Never change internet strangers….
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u/MegSaysMeow 3d ago
That's what I thought too. 😆 Just wanted to throw out a compliment on a show I missed to people who might have missed it, too.
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u/anarchy_sloth 3d ago
It is the same issues. Just bad policies by corrupt politicians has exacerbated each and every one of them.
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u/RampantTyr 3d ago
It reminds me a lot of how the politics of the West Wing is still surprisingly relevant. It isn’t that these things are ahead of their time, it is just that these things spotted relevant issues their day and the issues never went away.
The Tea Party became MAGA. Billionaires are still manipulating the system to elect hard line conservatives that will cede all government power to the oligarchy. And their bullshit is still really easy to spot and yet millions of idiots are still mesmerized by them.
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u/Famous_Highlight_425 1d ago
I’ve been rewatching the show every year for the past 10 ish years. I’ve always wanted to work in the news and the show served as fuel for that and I’ve been working in this amazing and frustrating industry for around 5 years now.
I don’t know if anyone will believe me but I’m literally just finishing another rewatch right now I’m at the scene where they’re burying Charlie in the last episode
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u/geekstone 20m ago
Missed it when it first aired, and am a massive West Wing fan. It's really amazing how current it feels, a decade plus later we are still grappling with the same issues.
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u/iangeredcharlesvane2 2d ago
You have been manipulated to believe that which isn’t true— I still do believe most Americans are still inherently good, most Americans are against racism, fascism, and most don’t support corruption because most people do not benefit from corruption.
We are pounded through social media, traditional media, and everything we see and read with negativity and rage bait to believe we are divided. To believe people are awful. Yes even on Reddit!
Division and negativity gets clicks, rage bait gets more clicks than positive news. Infighting keeps us from identifying the real problems at the base of everything wrong in our society: wealth distribution and income inequality (you know this, everyone knows this, people just get caught up in culture wars).
Studies and polls show only 8-12 percent of the country are strong MAGA (Trump cult) supporters. Yes it’s too many. But it’s far fewer than it feels on social media. Only 1/4 of voting republicans consider themselves MAGA.
Do you honestly think it’s that simple? Trump was voted in for many different reasons, and “they are just bad people” is so simplistic and naive.
I’m just as angry as you about people who voted for him. Who don’t say anything about the corruptions and cruelty.
To write off a quarter the country (actual amount who voted for him) as bad people may make you feel better but it ignores all the forces at play that brought people to this point.
Loss of power, loss of financial comforts, poor education, gloss of job opportunities, loss of self … echo chambers that manipulate people 24-7. It’s such much bigger than America is full of fascists and racists.
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u/ThebuMungmeiser 3d ago
It actually is nostalgic, it’s refreshing to see a time where politics could be discussed without immediate hateful animosity.
To see people with opposing views who could still respect eachother, and who are committed to telling the truth rather than spreading misinformation, or biased information.