This is one of the most, if not the most accurate scene in the entire season 1 of this show. Sorkin nailed it without any flaws here. I don't think even Nancy Grace can deny the potency of this scene.
unfortunately news wasn't made to inform, it was made to sell advertising space to corporations whose executives would sell their kids up the river if they could if it meant their net worth would increase by 0.25%. hence the expressions "capitalist pig" and "as greedy as pig"
Went out the window with Jonbenet Ramsey. 1990s news coverage was the cliff that everyone jumped off. The Gulf War, OJ trial, Ramsey, Clinton-Lewinski; 4 instances where advertising-driven media took control and they haven't looked back. Functional journalism was largely thrown away through the coverage of these events.
The King Of Norway which is a lovely way of showing that the distraction worked. Like he said that it’s a way to draw an emotional appeal from the audience, and distract you from everything else about the case.
Love this show, sorkin is a genius. "No one's ever gotten broke in America serving up a women who makes other women feel superior" "Notice how little coverage about this involves the actual law" "It's all about emotional appeal, the way she would with a jury of a judge wasn't there to stop her" "and that's exactly why she's showing it to you so many times, so you have the chance to draw your own thoroughly uninformed opinion about an utterly innocuousness exchange, she looks pissed, i wonder if she's sleeping with her lawyer, i bet she is, i wonder if that's what she looked like when she killed Kayley, this is the best tv ever I've got to go on my Casey Anthony Facebook page and see if my Casey Anthony friends saw Casey Anthony etc." "ummm nooo, He can't ever imply that the viewer doesn't already know everything and that she might be innocent." BINGO SORKIN NAILED IT.
I wonder how many people (In the news business) have looked at the episodes and actually gave a nod about how accurate or inaccurate scenes like this are.
I feel like everyone talks like this about how the news sells the emotion and how the disaster equals ratings. My family especially talks about how shows like Nancy Grace and others play up on this without the law and the facts. This is the first show, not counting fictional or non fictional, that really shows you the facts and the behind the scenes of the news.
EVERYTHING you see on news programs today is the epitome of everything wrong with news programs today. The mainstream news media is maybe the most evil institution in our society today.
Funny thing is it is it is Casey Anthony being guilty was probably the worst kept secret in Florida at the time. However we didn’t need the case to be covered every hour on the hour to the point that it became a complete circus.
Nancy Grace doesn't command the jury, just the general opinion of America. Half of America still thinks she's guilty as sin because Nancy Grace convinced them of it. She is the modern OJ
That was never the point of Fox's coverage of Nancy Grace. The point was to make it a circus, like the festivals they used to hold around public execution 100+ years ago. They don't give a shit about the outcome, they care about the sales generated by the spectacle.
@@dragonstryk7280 Bingo. They were milking it. The same way the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial went this last year, although I'm not sure how many people are willing to be honest with themselves about that.
Nancy Grace and her producers and her employers didn't care about Guilty or Not Guilty. They were ONLY interested in Ratings... Like every other News organisation...
LMAO!!! Oh please! People, what is the number one goal for journalists today? (Let's be honest now). Make money. Sensationalize the story and make money for the network. Ratings is key. So, this "exchange for the truth" is pure fiction. They would be hollering at each other in how to beat Nancy Grace's rating. The only true moment comes from Daniels when he says, "How to get our audience back." LOL
You said it mate, it's fiction. It's an idealized fantasy world where everyone is a staunch left-leaning (by today's standards) centrist and Will "Quixote" McAvoy and his ragtag band of merry producers and staffers are trying to make the television arm of the 4th estate an honourable profession instead of the sleaze-hole that it actually is. While it certainly isn't "realistic" and is idealized to the point of borderline naivete, it's nice to suspend disbelief once in a while and immerse yourself in a world where this sort of centrist idealism actually works and people actually tune in to watch. While it does come off as preachy, pretentious and self-righteous at times (what's the difference between God and Will McAvoy? God doesn't think he's Will McAvoy - first time I heard that joke it was at Bono's expense, but I digress...) I always liked the fact that the show did wear its heart on its sleeve (speaking of Bono and U2 in general ha ha) and it's easy to be cynical and jaded and overly savvy, but at the end of the day, it's a TV show. And it's a good one if you just take it for what it is. That's just the way I see it.
funny but true but too make beleave it the pic of my scars haft to be posted it not just tv show it real lives mix in there really doing it tell the truth in form you will take sg1 out
This is one of the most, if not the most accurate scene in the entire season 1 of this show. Sorkin nailed it without any flaws here. I don't think even Nancy Grace can deny the potency of this scene.
And that is why the news shouldn't cover stories about common people tragedies, unless is a matter of national importance.
unfortunately news wasn't made to inform, it was made to sell advertising space to corporations whose executives would sell their kids up the river if they could if it meant their net worth would increase by 0.25%. hence the expressions "capitalist pig" and "as greedy as pig"
Went out the window with Jonbenet Ramsey. 1990s news coverage was the cliff that everyone jumped off. The Gulf War, OJ trial, Ramsey, Clinton-Lewinski; 4 instances where advertising-driven media took control and they haven't looked back. Functional journalism was largely thrown away through the coverage of these events.
2:53 he said Casey Anthony so many times, that you forget what the story is about
The King Of Norway which is a lovely way of showing that the distraction worked. Like he said that it’s a way to draw an emotional appeal from the audience, and distract you from everything else about the case.
"No one's ever gone broke in America serving up a woman to make other women feel superior"
Fact.
Love this show, sorkin is a genius.
"No one's ever gotten broke in America serving up a women who makes other women feel superior"
"Notice how little coverage about this involves the actual law"
"It's all about emotional appeal, the way she would with a jury of a judge wasn't there to stop her"
"and that's exactly why she's showing it to you so many times, so you have the chance to draw your own thoroughly uninformed opinion about an utterly innocuousness exchange, she looks pissed, i wonder if she's sleeping with her lawyer, i bet she is, i wonder if that's what she looked like when she killed Kayley, this is the best tv ever I've got to go on my Casey Anthony Facebook page and see if my Casey Anthony friends saw Casey Anthony etc."
"ummm nooo, He can't ever imply that the viewer doesn't already know everything and that she might be innocent."
BINGO SORKIN NAILED IT.
This is a brilliant breakdown of how REAL news programs operate...
Don was really good at his job. It wasn't a good job, but he was really good at it.
A true master of the "Dark Arts"...
I wonder how many people (In the news business) have looked at the episodes and actually gave a nod about how accurate or inaccurate scenes like this are.
Natasel the few honest ones. Like Cronkite if he were still alive.
Amy Dan Rather did. [Rather on "Newsroom" and the real thing] ua-cam.com/video/7jfIKmTFuC8/v-deo.html
lyianx Your comment got marked as spam. I restored it for you though
Amy Probably cause of the link so i cant say i blame the bots lol. But this time it was actually a reference :P
It's scenes like this that show just why this show is so hated by every mainstream hack.
I feel like everyone talks like this about how the news sells the emotion and how the disaster equals ratings. My family especially talks about how shows like Nancy Grace and others play up on this without the law and the facts. This is the first show, not counting fictional or non fictional, that really shows you the facts and the behind the scenes of the news.
Tragedy Porn is a very appropriate title for this episode.
Everything about this is flawless and on point!
the casey anthony facebook group brought me here...
i wonder if Nancy Grace is a fan of the show
Drinking game: number of times the word Casey Anthony was said in this episode in that exact order
Nacy Grace is the eppitome of everything wrong with news programs today. Can't stand her show.
EVERYTHING you see on news programs today is the epitome of everything wrong with news programs today.
The mainstream news media is maybe the most evil institution in our society today.
Funny thing is it is it is Casey Anthony being guilty was probably the worst kept secret in Florida at the time. However we didn’t need the case to be covered every hour on the hour to the point that it became a complete circus.
Unless you saw the complete case file the DA was working from, I'm hard-pressed to understand how you "know" Casey Anthony is guilty.
I love how she breaks the fourth wall when she says in your face Nancy Grace. Looking right at the camera.
Aaaaaaaaaaand Casey Anthony was set free! So much for the Nancy Grace show manipulation!
Nancy Grace doesn't command the jury, just the general opinion of America. Half of America still thinks she's guilty as sin because Nancy Grace convinced them of it. She is the modern OJ
That was never the point of Fox's coverage of Nancy Grace. The point was to make it a circus, like the festivals they used to hold around public execution 100+ years ago. They don't give a shit about the outcome, they care about the sales generated by the spectacle.
@@dragonstryk7280 Bingo. They were milking it.
The same way the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial went this last year, although I'm not sure how many people are willing to be honest with themselves about that.
Nancy Grace and her producers and her employers didn't care about Guilty or Not Guilty.
They were ONLY interested in Ratings...
Like every other News organisation...
@@forgottenfamilyOJ is guilty
And now also dead
She looked right at the camera... that was a shot.
Hey Aaron Sorkin- LOOK! Your point has been proven!!!
That phrase "he packages the missing white girl" is the only thing I yet know that sounds terrible both in and out of context.
The woman playing Tess is absolutely banging.
Think your mixing up the actor with the character here? Also not sure that's really applicable to Don either..
Mark Brendanawicz!
She was sleeping with her lawyer
My tattoo says my kids names..
I could hug you, you know that right?
I don't think you understand what this video is actually communicating.
apparently that makes you bad? :( I thought it was messed up too
Nah, he copy pastes this on every vaguely political video, including most Newsroom videos.
LMAO!!!
Oh please! People, what is the number one goal for journalists today? (Let's be honest now). Make money. Sensationalize the story and make money for the network. Ratings is key. So, this "exchange for the truth" is pure fiction. They would be hollering at each other in how to beat Nancy Grace's rating. The only true moment comes from Daniels when he says, "How to get our audience back." LOL
You said it mate, it's fiction. It's an idealized fantasy world where everyone is a staunch left-leaning (by today's standards) centrist and Will "Quixote" McAvoy and his ragtag band of merry producers and staffers are trying to make the television arm of the 4th estate an honourable profession instead of the sleaze-hole that it actually is. While it certainly isn't "realistic" and is idealized to the point of borderline naivete, it's nice to suspend disbelief once in a while and immerse yourself in a world where this sort of centrist idealism actually works and people actually tune in to watch. While it does come off as preachy, pretentious and self-righteous at times (what's the difference between God and Will McAvoy? God doesn't think he's Will McAvoy - first time I heard that joke it was at Bono's expense, but I digress...) I always liked the fact that the show did wear its heart on its sleeve (speaking of Bono and U2 in general ha ha) and it's easy to be cynical and jaded and overly savvy, but at the end of the day, it's a TV show. And it's a good one if you just take it for what it is. That's just the way I see it.
funny but true but too make beleave it the pic of my scars haft to be posted it not just tv show it real lives mix in there really doing it tell the truth in form you will take sg1 out
Unless there's a program on HLN that you'd rather be watching, I dont get why you care
I think you missed the point here lol.
How the fuck did you read race issues in this?
HLN: Hick Loving Network
This show was cringe lol
You are cringe. You obviously didn't understand the point of this scene. Poor you.
Your comment is cringe