
Aaron Sorkin gave America a reality check last month with the release of the critically acclaimed HBO drama The Newsroom. A clip from the show, which Sorkin wrote and produced, got more than two million hits on YouTube in a little over three weeks… In it, a news anchor (played by the actor Jeff Daniels) is taking part in a panel discussion when he’s asked, “Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?” His answer: “It’s not the greatest country in the world.”










