If you haven't seen the HBO Series The Newsroom, you should, in my media-critic opinion.
Here's one great reason why -- it's brutal honesty. As shockingly displayed in the Series' very first episode:
The Newsroom"America is not the greatest country in the world anymore"
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Note: the shorter version, with just the rant, and not all the punditry-context set-up, is posted over today's 'reality cliff' ...