The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore...(Restricted language)

tpratt441 · 5M views · 2012-07-22 · 4:49

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The opening scene of HBO's The Newsroom, in which anchor Will McAvoy answers a student's question about why America is the greatest country. He delivers a blunt speech arguing it no longer is.

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Posted in threads on US costs and institutions as a famous fictional rebuttal to American exceptionalism.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2026

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Film & TV clips US politics & elections

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manarth · 2026-07 · Recommendation
It's from a fictional drama (The Newsroom) but this a great riposte to "freedom in the US". You're going to say that we're the only ones in the world that has freedom? Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. [VIDEO]
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Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe · 2026-07 · Reference
Reminds me of the speech "America is not the greatest country in the world" from the show Newsroom: [VIDEO] It was made 14 years ago and I don't think the US improved on any of those statistics.
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HPMOR · 2023-03 · Joke / meme
The "titans" you speak of are Jerome Powell, and Janet Yellen. Not the schmucks that put Taxis on the internet, or effectively stole billions of dollars from SoftBank to build a rental company. These types of extremely competent people are far and few between in important parts of our society. So idk what the fuck you're talking about Yosemite? (from NewsRoom Intro [VIDEO] ).
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