I recently watched the first series of the HBO series – THE NEWSROOM. I can highly recommend it. For television made in the United States, it is very good indeed. For many that have seen the series, the high point was in fact the opening sequence which involved the lead character, played by Jeff Daniels […]

I recently watched the first series of the HBO series – THE NEWSROOM. I can highly recommend it. For television made in the United States, it is very good indeed. For many that have seen the series, the high point was in fact the opening sequence which involved the lead character, played by Jeff Daniels launching into a tirade in which he highlighted why America was – ‘not the greatest country on earth anymore’. For me the high points were many, but none were ‘higher’ that a speech given by the same character in which he stresses that – THE ROLE OF NEWS IS NOT TO PROVIDE BALANCE (as many suggest) but to PRESENT THE FACTS. I could not agree more. News services should be in the business of presenting to their readers, viewers and listeners all of the available facts and the leaving it to those readers, viewers and…