The Newsroom's "We Just Decided To" episode is explosive.
The partial video posted below is the explosive introduction for this episode/series.
Can you tell how much intensity there is in this series? would you believe this happens in real life? (hell-yeah!)
As portrayed in this first episode, Broadcast Journalism is in struggle of "being heard equally" in other words it is "politically unstable". Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is the anchor and managing editor of News Night, he is considered as the boss and yet he seemingly finds himself in an upsetting situation. Will struggles to fight for his right and try to manage things his way. Having a troublesome argument with his (former) Executive Producer Don Keefer, and the persistent prying of the News Division President Charlie Skinner, Will strives to cut himself out of confusion. Then comes Charlie Skinner's new hired EP, Mackenzie McHale, for Will who was his former girlfriend.
Relating Don Keefer's role in this episode to the "economic dimension". You will see how Don portrays himself as someone who would only want to "produce what sells, than produce the needs". Don's already to leave News Night, and produce another show with a younger anchor and wants a marketable project. He doesn't comprehend well and lacks the skill of a proper producer. Not like Jim Harper who does not ignore the reports sent to the station, even though it was marked "yellow". Jim went on ahead an gathered more information. He even got reliable information regarding the phenomenon, and he was eager to let Will broadcast this news item.
MacKenzie sides with Jim, and cares about "what the society needs to know" rather than "what society wants to know". MacKenzie's way of doing things is persuasive. Although she does it for a humanely reason. She basically aims for the show to create and spread social awareness.
In Broadcast Journalism, as the episode implies, it is essential to be fast, fresh and factual. Its crucial to give the right information to the viewers, be ready with coherent questions, maintain calm, think quick, and basically prepare for battle.
I found this post on tumblr,Manipulate Other National Tragedies in Your FavorBP oil spill? Check. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords? Check. What other devastating national tragedies from the past two years can you cherry pick to emotionally manipulate storylines and exploit in order to make up for poor writing?
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