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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Will McAvoy, a primetime cable news anchor and Aaron Sorkin's lead character in his new HBO primetime series "The Newsroom," pushed to the limits in the series pilot, blurts out in a public forum that the United States is no longer the world leader in any important metric. "We are seventh in literacy, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number four in labor force, and number four in exports," McAvoy shouts. "So when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about." Needless to say, Sorkin's loud-mouthed anchor runs into a mess of trouble as a result of his outburst.
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