You might want to watch The Daily Show tonight. We lost all of the power to our studio equipment before the interview with Aaron Sorkin. — John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) July 16, 2013
You might want to watch The Daily Show tonight. We lost all of the power to our studio equipment before the interview with Aaron Sorkin.
John's got Alan Sorkin tonight, whose Newsroom had its second-season open last night. Some links, tweets, and headlines:
wikipedia imdb Salon's Hack List Trying Really Hard to Tolerate The Newsroom: Week One 'The Newsroom' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Here We Go Again Sorkinism II - the sequel Headless Chickens Who Happen to Be Excellent at Their Jobs ‘The Newsroom’ vs. ‘Honey Boo Boo’: Which one really gives us more to think about? 'The Newsroom' Season 2: Has Aaron Sorkin Solved His ‘Women Problem’? (short answer: no. "Slight improvements have been made to the portrayal of women on the show, but they are as obvious and shallow as Sorkin’s stale, tone-deaf stereotyping.") Dan Rather adored it, Charles Pierce didn't. 'The Newsroom' is actually good now http://t.co/... — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 15, 2013 "The #Newsroom," season 2: not an unpardonable train wreck like season 1: http://t.co/... says @swin24 — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 15, 2013 The Newsroom is like my mom, because it's over-earnest and it only finds out about news stories two years after they happen. — CC:Indecision (@indecision) July 15, 2013 Sorry I stopped tweeting #newsroom last night. It put me to sleep. A sound sleep at that. — Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 15, 2013 #TheNewsroom is back—and it's still disappointing: Is it time to quit watching? http://t.co/... — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 15, 2013 Bad news, Sorkin-haters: The new season of "The Newsroom" is much-improved and shockingly relevant http://t.co/... Via @DPD_ — Salon.com (@Salon) July 15, 2013 If you don't watch Newsroom right away, you won't know what happened in 2012. — Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) July 15, 2013 The Newsroom manages, quite remarkably, to be worse than my expectations. #hatewatch http://t.co/... — Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) July 15, 2013 Season 4 of The Newsroom will just be Will McAvoy arguing with Glenn Greenwald on Twitter. — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 15, 2013 Is this what the Newsroom is? (I don't have cable) pic.twitter.com/fZBavBHSY5 — Jon Eiseman (@Jon_Eiseman) July 15, 2013
Trying Really Hard to Tolerate The Newsroom: Week One 'The Newsroom' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Here We Go Again Sorkinism II - the sequel Headless Chickens Who Happen to Be Excellent at Their Jobs ‘The Newsroom’ vs. ‘Honey Boo Boo’: Which one really gives us more to think about? 'The Newsroom' Season 2: Has Aaron Sorkin Solved His ‘Women Problem’? (short answer: no. "Slight improvements have been made to the portrayal of women on the show, but they are as obvious and shallow as Sorkin’s stale, tone-deaf stereotyping.")
Dan Rather adored it, Charles Pierce didn't.
'The Newsroom' is actually good now http://t.co/... — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 15, 2013
'The Newsroom' is actually good now http://t.co/...
"The #Newsroom," season 2: not an unpardonable train wreck like season 1: http://t.co/... says @swin24 — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 15, 2013
"The #Newsroom," season 2: not an unpardonable train wreck like season 1: http://t.co/... says @swin24
The Newsroom is like my mom, because it's over-earnest and it only finds out about news stories two years after they happen. — CC:Indecision (@indecision) July 15, 2013
The Newsroom is like my mom, because it's over-earnest and it only finds out about news stories two years after they happen.
Sorry I stopped tweeting #newsroom last night. It put me to sleep. A sound sleep at that. — Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 15, 2013
Sorry I stopped tweeting #newsroom last night. It put me to sleep. A sound sleep at that.
#TheNewsroom is back—and it's still disappointing: Is it time to quit watching? http://t.co/... — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 15, 2013
#TheNewsroom is back—and it's still disappointing: Is it time to quit watching? http://t.co/...
Bad news, Sorkin-haters: The new season of "The Newsroom" is much-improved and shockingly relevant http://t.co/... Via @DPD_ — Salon.com (@Salon) July 15, 2013
Bad news, Sorkin-haters: The new season of "The Newsroom" is much-improved and shockingly relevant http://t.co/... Via @DPD_
If you don't watch Newsroom right away, you won't know what happened in 2012. — Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) July 15, 2013
If you don't watch Newsroom right away, you won't know what happened in 2012.
The Newsroom manages, quite remarkably, to be worse than my expectations. #hatewatch http://t.co/... — Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) July 15, 2013
The Newsroom manages, quite remarkably, to be worse than my expectations. #hatewatch http://t.co/...
Season 4 of The Newsroom will just be Will McAvoy arguing with Glenn Greenwald on Twitter. — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 15, 2013
Season 4 of The Newsroom will just be Will McAvoy arguing with Glenn Greenwald on Twitter.
Is this what the Newsroom is? (I don't have cable) pic.twitter.com/fZBavBHSY5 — Jon Eiseman (@Jon_Eiseman) July 15, 2013
Is this what the Newsroom is? (I don't have cable) pic.twitter.com/fZBavBHSY5
dirtywars.org/ Wikipedia at The Nation goodreads Kirkus review at Democracy Now popmatters review Roam Agency Dakly Kos diaries I'll be on @ColbertReport sparring w @StephenAtHome tonight pic.twitter.com/NDE3keD21A — jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) July 16, 2013 pic.twitter.com/BUAJzS5p7Y — jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) July 15, 2013
Dakly Kos diaries
I'll be on @ColbertReport sparring w @StephenAtHome tonight pic.twitter.com/NDE3keD21A — jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) July 16, 2013
I'll be on @ColbertReport sparring w @StephenAtHome tonight pic.twitter.com/NDE3keD21A
pic.twitter.com/BUAJzS5p7Y — jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) July 15, 2013
pic.twitter.com/BUAJzS5p7Y
TONIGHT: Stephen doesn't understand the #Zimmerman trial reaction & "People Destroying America" returns. @ComedyCentral 11:30/10:30c. — The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) July 16, 2013
TONIGHT: Stephen doesn't understand the #Zimmerman trial reaction & "People Destroying America" returns. @ComedyCentral 11:30/10:30c.
Tonight: Enjoy a somewhat-different-looking final third of "The Daily Show", brought to you by: Electricity! And: Unpredictability! — Tim Carvell (@timcarvell) July 16, 2013
Tonight: Enjoy a somewhat-different-looking final third of "The Daily Show", brought to you by: Electricity! And: Unpredictability!
Tonight on @TheDailyShow watch @iamjohnoliver break @TheDailyShow. For real. — Miles Kahn (@mileskahn) July 16, 2013
Tonight on @TheDailyShow watch @iamjohnoliver break @TheDailyShow. For real.
BLACK PEOPLE: Time to start up the Black People Meeting again. I'll be in touch w/ when & where. I'm writing some new Negro Spirituals now. — W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) July 15, 2013
BLACK PEOPLE: Time to start up the Black People Meeting again. I'll be in touch w/ when & where. I'm writing some new Negro Spirituals now.
TONIGHT: @JeremyScahill looks into America’s covert wars and operations. @ComedyCentral, 11:30/10:30c. — The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) July 15, 2013
TONIGHT: @JeremyScahill looks into America’s covert wars and operations. @ComedyCentral, 11:30/10:30c.
The @ColbertReport returns this week with @JeremyScahill, David Karp, @JerrySeinfeld and @TheJeffBridges at 11:30/10:30c on @ComedyCentral. — Colbert News Hub (@ColbertNewsHub) July 15, 2013
The @ColbertReport returns this week with @JeremyScahill, David Karp, @JerrySeinfeld and @TheJeffBridges at 11:30/10:30c on @ComedyCentral.
@TheDailyShow returns this week with Aaron Sorkin, Helen Mirren, @RezaAslan and Sarah Vowell at 11/10c on @ComedyCentral. — Colbert News Hub (@ColbertNewsHub) July 15, 2013
@TheDailyShow returns this week with Aaron Sorkin, Helen Mirren, @RezaAslan and Sarah Vowell at 11/10c on @ComedyCentral.
Juror B37 from the Zimmerman trial has now found a literary agent and is writing a book about her experience. http://t.co/... — Kirkus Reviews (@KirkusReviews) July 15, 2013
Juror B37 from the Zimmerman trial has now found a literary agent and is writing a book about her experience. http://t.co/...
Fox News article declares men second class citizens. All the men in the Supreme Court, White House and Congress must be devastated. — CC:Indecision (@indecision) July 15, 2013
Fox News article declares men second class citizens. All the men in the Supreme Court, White House and Congress must be devastated.
Is there an app that just tells Donald Trump to go fuck himself every time he tweets? — Dan McCoy (@dankmccoy) July 15, 2013
Is there an app that just tells Donald Trump to go fuck himself every time he tweets?
GOOD WHITE PEOPLE: Time for you to handle your idiots. Like how you expect us to handle Chris Brown when he does dumb things. Your turn. — W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) July 15, 2013
GOOD WHITE PEOPLE: Time for you to handle your idiots. Like how you expect us to handle Chris Brown when he does dumb things. Your turn.
White people, man. We suck. http://t.co/... — Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) July 15, 2013
White people, man. We suck.
http://t.co/...
.@TheDailyShow's @iamjohnoliver is pulling double duty! John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show season 4 premieres 7/26 http://t.co/... — Comedy Central Press (@ComedyCentralPR) July 15, 2013
.@TheDailyShow's @iamjohnoliver is pulling double duty! John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show season 4 premieres 7/26 http://t.co/...
"There's an aspect of journalism which is afraid of covering citizens who've empowered themselves." -@MartyKaplan http://t.co/... — BillMoyers.com (@BillMoyersHQ) July 15, 2013
"There's an aspect of journalism which is afraid of covering citizens who've empowered themselves." -@MartyKaplan http://t.co/...
I would totally watch a version of "The Newsroom" in which Will McAvoy had to cover, with a straight face, the events of "True Blood". — Tim Carvell (@timcarvell) July 15, 2013
I would totally watch a version of "The Newsroom" in which Will McAvoy had to cover, with a straight face, the events of "True Blood".
2NITE!: I'm back from a glorious 2-week vacation. I feel years younger, and yet strangely, 2 weeks older. @ColbertReport, 11:30 p.m. — Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) July 16, 2013
2NITE!: I'm back from a glorious 2-week vacation. I feel years younger, and yet strangely, 2 weeks older. @ColbertReport, 11:30 p.m.
You can Tweet, email, snail mail, and call @sharlenemartin to request she drop juror B37. Her contact info http://t.co/... — Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) July 16, 2013
You can Tweet, email, snail mail, and call @sharlenemartin to request she drop juror B37. Her contact info http://t.co/...
Please tell @martinliterary how you feel about their signing with juror b37. Me? Unimpressed, outraged, disgusted, disappointed. — jlm (@jessielanemetz) July 16, 2013
Please tell @martinliterary how you feel about their signing with juror b37. Me? Unimpressed, outraged, disgusted, disappointed.