The Newsroom is fantasy as well. At least Game of Thrones had some insight into how real people behave.

The Newsroom is fantasy as well. At least Game of Thrones had some insight into how real people behave.

I'm as liberal as the next guy, but The Newsroom deserves an award about as much as Obama deserves a Nobel Prize

I'm as liberal as the next guy, but The Newsroom deserves an award about as much as Obama deserves a Nobel Prize

A hipster's dad who discovers his son's mp3 collection would say "WTF is this shit? Don't you have any Aerosmith on here?"

A hipster's dad who discovers his son's mp3 collection would say "WTF is this shit? Don't you have any Aerosmith on here?"

I would have enjoyed The Men's album more if it didn't have that garbled 90's indie rock style production.  Steve Albini is cool and all but that doesn't mean that turning the guitars up so that you can't hear the vocals is always a good idea.

I would have enjoyed The Men's album more if it didn't have that garbled 90's indie rock style production.  Steve Albini is cool and all but that doesn't mean that turning the guitars up so that you can't hear the vocals is always a good idea.

Wavves?  I got a bad feeling about this.  But it's Big Boi so I will give it a shot.

Wavves?  I got a bad feeling about this.  But it's Big Boi so I will give it a shot.

I'm getting old and I think I am finally over new music.  The only new album this year that shows any promise of staying in my long term playlist is Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music.  I gave Frank Ocean a bunch of tries and never saw what the big deal was.  Time to get some pants that come up to my nipples.

I'm getting old and I think I am finally over new music.  The only new album this year that shows any promise of staying in my long term playlist is Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music.  I gave Frank Ocean a bunch of tries and never saw what the big deal was.  Time to get some pants that come up to my nipples.

Who said satire is dead?

Who said satire is dead?

Anecdote doesn't really prove much.  And like other people have pointed out, a huge part of the 1920's population was illiterate.

Anecdote doesn't really prove much.  And like other people have pointed out, a huge part of the 1920's population was illiterate.

He says on the DVD commentary that the character was sort of an exaggeration of how he really was, or at least how other people saw him.

He says on the DVD commentary that the character was sort of an exaggeration of how he really was, or at least how other people saw him.

It was probably too much to hope that I would be the first one to make this reference.

It was probably too much to hope that I would be the first one to make this reference.