Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) hits the nail straight on the head in the opening minutes on HBO's new series 'The Newsroom'. He is asked by a college student a simple question during a campus debate. 'What makes America the greatest country in the world?'. Daniels initially goes the politically correct route then at the last minute goes with a honest, bold, straight forward answer that sums up a lot of the worlds problems that so many are afraid to accept because we all want to believe in our system and that it is our system that works. The evidence that is out there today is to the contrary and he discloses such information in his argument. We used to be the worlds best of the best and now we are just pretending. The first step to solving a problem is to admit there is one.
The greatest nation in the world? Anyone remember this video from the news room. I say nobody is really No1 at all. Who's #1 at healthcare? You'll still find flaws #1 in education? Still find flaws. Economy, low crime,taking care of the poor,housing. Everyone can't get better than close second.
I feel like Jeff Daniels' famous speech from The Newsroom needs to be posted again. It's from 2012, but it's never been more relevant today.
Never more APT youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk
WORD. "America is not the greatest country in the world." This is the most brilliant monologue I've ever heard. It was true 12 years ago and it is ever so true today. Jeff Daniels as Will McEvoy in The Newsroom. youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?...
This has never stopped being relevant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjM... #FightTrump
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