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Season 1, Episode 8 | August 12th, 2012
The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn
“News Night” refuses to lead with a pair of sensational stories, which causes ratings toplummet – and forces Will (Jeff Daniels) and Mac (Emily Mortimer) to abandon their principles in order to lure viewers back and shore up the network’s bid to land a Republican debate. Will auditions an unlikely scribe, Brian Brenner (Paul Schneider), to write an all-access profile; Sloan (Olivia Munn) chafes over her lack of air time to report on a critical financial crisis; Charlie learns the identity of an NSA whistleblower; Neal (Dev Patel) pitches an internet sting.
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What I realized that bugs me about Newsroom, and this episode demonstrates it clearly, is that all women are depicted as hysterical, overly emotional and passionate, while men are depicted as calm, cool and even detached and out of touch with their feelings. It's such a over-used cliche by this point, isn't there any chance of breaking this divisive ways of viewing the sexes?
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