If you haven't seen the acclaimed HBO Series The Newsroom, you should. It shows how the Corporate Media does occasionally strive for facts, and even on rarer occasions, the truth.
Take the idea of American Exceptionalism for example. It is something we are all taught, that America is Exceptional -- BUT on what actual facts is that self-comforting platitude actually based?
Here are just a few reason Why ... Why "the facts" could lead one to disagree, with our self-appointed exceptional status ...
The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER.
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Note: the longer version this clip, with punditry-set up dialog, can be found at the end of this post.
The transcript of the above clip of the Newsroom, is provided over the great-divide 'jump' ...