Category Archives: Political Cinema

Chiu Na-Ying: The Newsroom: Debt Ceiling Debate

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. I swear that and I probably believed this when, but in early 2011 when House Republicans just took control of the House of Representatives, that their so-called Tea Party Caucus didn’t know a damn thing about economics. At least … Continue reading →

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Gingery Oddity: The Newsroom- Maggie: On Michele Bachmann and Christianity

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:Gingery Oddity “The Newsroom, by Aaron Sorkin Season 1 Episode 8 (The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn)” What the Maggie character from The Newsroom didn’t mention and perhaps didn’t think of, is that perhaps Representative Michele Bachmann’s whose career in … Continue reading →

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Blake Wood: The Newsroom- Rick Santorum

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:Blake Wood– Jeff Daniels as Newsroom anchor Will McAvoy. “In this scene from Season 1 Episode 6: Bullies, news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) goes on the attack about gay rights. While he believed that Santorum was being the bully, … Continue reading →

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Kittens McTavish: ‘The Newsroom: Spreading Lies’

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:Kitten McTavish– Jeff Daniels as Newsroom anchorman Will McEvoy. “When people say “FOX lies” and “Glenn Beck lies” and “Rush lies,” THIS is what they are talking about.” From Kitten McTavish I’m going to start this post off with a few … Continue reading →

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The Newsroom: Jane Fonda & Sam Waterson

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Derik Schneider

“Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing on HBO’s The Newsroom tells a joke about Jesus and Moses playing golf.” From Jarrod Lorch Keep in mind, I’m not a regular viewer of The Newsroom. Actually, all I’ve seen from this show, is what … Continue reading →

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Josh Glass: The Newsroom: The Tea Party Explained

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. Will McAvoy with an interesting explanation of the Tea Party. I would put it differently because similar to the Left in America, where I am on the center-left as a Liberal and New Democrat, the Tea Party is a … Continue reading →

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Daniel Kobayashi: Network (1976) Ned Beatty: ‘The World is a Business’

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  “The world is a business”, scary thought at least from my perspective that business’s and corporations, as well as government’s, not trying to sound like a Socialist here, but government’s at least to a certain extent … Continue reading →

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Nat Bishop: The Newsroom- Will McAvoy: New Kind of Republican

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:Nat Bishop I’m not sure that you can describe Republicans who’ve been in the GOP since the mid to late 1970s, people like former Senator Jess Helms of North Carolina as ‘New Republicans’. Well I guess of course you can, … Continue reading →

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Josh O’Driscoll: Occupy Wall Street Interview: Why it Failed

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. I don’t expect to win any new supporters with Occupy Wall Street and the broader Far-Left in America to go along with my three other supporters that I have, Tom, Dick and Harry, from this movement with this post. … Continue reading →

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The Newsroom: The Idealist vs. The Realist: News vs. Opinion

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Derik Schneider

“Key scene in Episode 1 of HBO’s ‘Newsroom’, in which there ensues a heated argument between Will McAvoy, the anchor and star of the newscast, and his new Executive Producer, MacKenzie McHale. This argument essentially poses the question ‘what is … Continue reading →

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