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"Aaron Sorkin has responded to criticism of his new HBO series The Newsroom. The Newsroom has faced mixed reviews since its debut last month. The Washington Post&amp;#039;s review said the series &amp;quot;fails to meet high expectations&amp;quot; and The New Yorker accused Sorkin of treating &amp;quot;the audience as though we were extremely stupid&amp;quot;.   Another oft-cited critique of The Newsroom is that Sorkin set the story against real-life news events from 2010. Sorkin addressed hostile reactions to his new series while appearing on NPR&amp;#039;s Fresh Air. &amp;quot;I like writing about heroes that don&amp;#039;t wear capes and disguises. It&amp;#039;s aspirational,&amp;quot; Sorkin said, seemingly in reference to blockbuster superhero films. The writer further discussed his goals for The Newsroom: &amp;quot;[With The Newsroom, some say], &amp;#039;Gee, it looks like the real world and feels like the real world, why can&amp;#039;t this be the real world?&amp;#039; The metaphor of Don Quixote is used, all kinds of lost cities are used: Atlantis, Brigadoon.  &amp;quot;The show is meant to be a fantasy set against very real and oftentimes very serious events.&amp;quot;  The Newsroom was recently praised by legendary former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, who said the show is an accurate portrayal of modern journalism. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got my nits to pick with it; and, no, it&amp;#039;s not perfect. But there&amp;#039;s a lot to like in what Sorkin and his cast have done here,&amp;quot; Rather said. &amp;quot;There is a newsroom authenticity to what&amp;#039;s presented and much that gets to the heart of modern American journalism&amp;#039;s problem.&amp;quot; The Newsroom was recently renewed for a second season by HBO. Watch the trailer for The Newsroom below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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