The Newsroom (TV Series)

The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn (2012)

Sam Waterston: Charlie Skinner

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Quotes 

• [Solomon takes the battery out of Charlie's phone and gives it back] 

  Charlie Skinner : I'm never gonna be able to put that back together.

  Solomon Hancock : They're coming out with a better model in 6 months.

  Charlie Skinner : That's very unusual for the tech-industry.

• Reese Lansing : Whose idea was it to not cover the Casey Anthony trial?

  Charlie Skinner : It was mine

  Will McAvoy : It was mine.

  MacKenzie McHale : It was mine.

  Reese Lansing : I think the three of you should have a vaudeville act. I'm not kidding, I'm gonna send you on a fucking tour.

• Charlie Skinner : You know, it's gonna get up to 98 degrees.

  Will McAvoy : Next person that tells me about the damn weather...

  [Looks at Jim] 

  Will McAvoy : Do you know what you're doing here?

  Jim Harper : I've been asked to tell you about the weather.

  Will McAvoy : Does it feel to you like anyone in this room is in the mood for a joke?

  Jim Harper : It absolutely does not.