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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Aaron Sorkin

1. June 25, 2012 11:09 AM

   And that’s not the way it is

   Former Nightline anchor reviews Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom

   By Dave Marash

   HBO and Aaron Sorkin’s new series The Newsroom is all too explicitly about truth, justice and the posited nadir of the American way. News is just the excuse. My guess is its tendency to pontificate on these subjects will do it little good with audiences. Like most televised dramas, it will rise or fall on whether audiences care about its...

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2. June 27, 2012 05:22 PM

   The two David Carrs

   A Times columnist rises to fame

   By Michael Massing

   Since joining The New York Times in 2002, David Carr has become America’s most visible and influential writer on the media. His weekly “Media Equation” column is closely followed by people in the industry. Last year, he was featured in Interview magazine (interviewed by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, no less), and he was the star of the 2011 documentary Page One:...

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