The Newsroom (TV Series)

The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn (2012)

Paul Schneider: Brian Brenner

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• Brian Brenner : Are you prepared to talk about your Republicanism?

  Will McAvoy : You say that like I've got polio.

  Brian Brenner : Are you prepared to talk about having polio?

  Will McAvoy : I grew up in a town outside a town outside Lincoln, Nebraska. My home town was a road. I was a college freshman before I *met* a Democrat.

• Will McAvoy : Four years ago you were at the masthead at "Newsweek", turning out ten cover stories, a year and spending Sunday mornings on TV. Today, you have a blog.

  Brian Brenner : Your fucking disdain for the Internet...

  Will McAvoy : Is matched only by your fucking disdain for the Internet.