View Full Version : Anyone familiar with the HBO show, The Newsroom?
cleller
9/17/2012, 08:51 AM
While looking at something on Youtube, I saw another video with the title "The most honest three minutes and a half minutes of television ever". Curious, I clicked on it, and it showed what it says is the opening sequence of an HBO show, The Newsroom.
When asked why America is the greatest country in the world at some function, one of the panelists proceeds to tell the audience why American is NOT the greatest country in the world anymore. He also slaps down both the left and right at the same time.
A little bit melodramatic, but he sure makes some good points. Particularly, I think, about some of the great men that built this country. Sometimes, its seems like these great men now are lumped into the un-cool "old white men" category that all the smart mouths of today like to snicker at.
I wish I could embed, but it just never works for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw&playnext=1&list=PL1D3B079F4AB9C465&feature=results_video
XingTheRubicon
9/17/2012, 08:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw&feature=share&list=PL1D3B079F4AB9C465
olevetonahill
9/17/2012, 09:02 AM
Why you cant embed a Vid?
XingTheRubicon
9/17/2012, 09:07 AM
That was a good start to the series. However, after that, the Newsroom was an hour long hate-fest on the tea party and Obama spin, intermingled with some of the most horribly written and acted love quadrangles ever brought to celluloid.
cleller
9/17/2012, 09:34 AM
Why you cant embed a Vid?
On here, I've tried using the link, the embed feature at Youtube, nothing works for me. Its the only thing in the world I've ever failed at.
olevetonahill
9/17/2012, 09:42 AM
On here, I've tried using the link, the embed feature at Youtube, nothing works for me. Its the only thing in the world I've ever failed at.
Try this
[video] Put yer link in between these bracket deals
well crap it keeps changing what Im doing any way Bracket VIDEO Then after you post yer link Bracket /VIDEO
Make sure its Not a Related Vid , Like when ya find one and then go over to the side and pick one of those ,
Pull it up straight from YouTube
LIke this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ApstMKNEMI
Not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdMBdYVWvKw&feature=related
Hope I made enough sense that you can figure it out
Lott's Bandana
9/17/2012, 10:11 AM
That was a good start to the series. However, after that, the Newsroom was an hour long hate-fest on the tea party and Obama spin, intermingled with some of the most horribly written and acted love quadrangles ever brought to celluloid.
This^
It is literally a commercial for one of our political party's, disguised by attempting to seem credible by making the main character a member of the other.
Continuously insults my intelligence.
In addition, the blonde that everyone is in love with? Seriously? WTF?
The economist is world-class though.
On here, I've tried using the link, the embed feature at Youtube, nothing works for me. Its the only thing in the world I've ever failed at.
OK, here's how you do it. The important thing to know for this is that you only need PART of the URL from youtube to make the embed work. In the case of your video there's a couple things to keep in mind. First let's take a look at the URL you copied out of your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw&playnext=1&list=PL1D3B079F4AB9C465&feature=results_video
You'll see that all youtube videos have the same thing at the beginning of the URL. They all have the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
part. This part can be ignored when embedding videos on SoonerFans.com
Next, after the = sign, you'll see a string of numbers and letters. There will be 11 characters there. This is the important bit. You'll need that part (and only that part) for embedding youtube vids here. Everything between the first = and the first &. In this case it's the 16K6m3Ua2nw part. The rest of the URL can safely be ignored.
When you type it into the comment box, it will look like this:
16K6m3Ua2nw
(go ahead, and copy/paste that into a comment box and you'll see how it works)
Another tip. If you go directly to a video from a search either in google or youtube, the 11-digit code will be the very last part of the URL, makes it easier to find and copy out. For this video, if you search directly for it the URL will look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw
So. What we have here is the simple way to embed youtube videos on SF.com. Remember, all you need is
1). The 11-digit code in URL for the video between the = and the & (or just after the = if there is no &)
2). The 11-digit code tags
The end result?
16K6m3Ua2nw
YWIA.
cleller
9/17/2012, 10:39 AM
So it should be as easy as this:?
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So it should be as easy as this:?
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Yep.
Midtowner
9/17/2012, 10:50 AM
That was a good start to the series. However, after that, the Newsroom was an hour long hate-fest on the tea party and Obama spin, intermingled with some of the most horribly written and acted love quadrangles ever brought to celluloid.
What was inaccurate about what it said about the Tea Party?
KABOOKIE
9/17/2012, 01:36 PM
What was inaccurate about what it said about the Tea Party?
Everything. I think we discussed at length earlier.
Midtowner
9/17/2012, 01:39 PM
Everything. I think we discussed at length earlier.
Everything? Specifically? I Googled it and while Tea Party leaning publications were whining about Newsroom being too rough with them, I think the program does a pretty good job skewering Tea Party personalities like Michelle Bachmann. If you choose spokespersons such as Bachmann, you deserve what's coming to you.
IIRC, the whole rebuttal argument to the American Taliban proposition is that the Tea Party doesn't officially stand for anything at all except for some nebulous concept of smaller government and lower taxes. I don't think that rebuttal has much basis in reality.
KABOOKIE
9/17/2012, 02:15 PM
Whatever you say slick. Newsroom is nothing more than a (D) propaganda machine and most idiots have fallen for it.
Midtowner
9/17/2012, 02:22 PM
Whatever you say slick. Newsroom is nothing more than a (D) propaganda machine and most idiots have fallen for it.
How about some specifics?
Go ahead and show where anything the protagonist on the show has said about the Tea Party is a lie.
Facts aren't partisan...unless they're Romney facts (he won't let his campaign be dictated by fact checkers).
XingTheRubicon
9/17/2012, 02:52 PM
We could start listing the examples, however, I'm pretty sure someone with glitter on their anus is just going to see what they want to see. I'm happy you like the show...not a real big surprise.
cleller
9/17/2012, 03:06 PM
Eh, I looked it up on the internet. The creator is Aaron Sorkin, of West Wing fame. Appears to be an ardent Obama supporter. At a recent fundraiser Obama praised him so highly it even left some reporters cringing:
"Aaron Sorkin, who writes the way every Democrat in Washington wished they spoke. (Laughter and applause.) Aaron, thank you."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-aaron-sorkin-writes-the-way-every-democrat-wishes-they-spoke-2012-8#ixzz26l9Yjiks
Fizzle.
Midtowner
9/17/2012, 03:07 PM
Sorkin is definitely an Obama supporter. That doesn't make his facts wrong.
cleller
9/17/2012, 03:20 PM
Sorkin is definitely an Obama supporter. That doesn't make his facts wrong.
Could be that everything he says is the truth, but I might still doubt the sincerity of the source of his information.
TheHumanAlphabet
9/17/2012, 08:33 PM
Why would anyone watch a POS show about a corrupt business that is singlehandedly trying to bring socialism and communism to the greatest democracy ever developed? No thanks.
Midtowner
9/18/2012, 06:57 AM
Why would anyone watch a POS show about a corrupt business that is singlehandedly trying to bring socialism and communism to the greatest democracy ever developed? No thanks.
Because it's a really good show that speaks truth to power?
TheHumanAlphabet
9/18/2012, 10:08 PM
Nah, not a good show. Sorkin is a druggie.
diverdog
9/19/2012, 06:03 AM
Nah, not a good show. Sorkin is a druggie.
I did not like the show. Very preachy and the dialogue seemed a bit contrived. I quit watching it after the second episode.
The best political show on TV is Boss. Kelsey Grammer should win an Emmy. The added benefit is the blond on the show shows some awfully nice tatas.
This^
It is literally a commercial for one of our political party's, disguised by attempting to seem credible by making the main character a member of the other.
Continuously insults my intelligence.
In addition, the blonde that everyone is in love with? Seriously? WTF?
The economist is world-class though.
i just watched this show. i'm trying to figure out what isn't true about the Teabaggers.
i'm with you on the chicks though.
the economist is Olivia Munn, OU journalism grad :D
she was on Attack of the Show on G4. any nerd knows who she is.
KABOOKIE
1/3/2013, 01:37 PM
Not a surprise there coming from someone who has glitter on their anus!
i am unfamiliar with this expression. something tells me you think it should bother me more than it does
Midtowner
1/3/2013, 01:54 PM
What on Earth does that even mean?
How bizarre.
Lott's Bandana
1/3/2013, 02:22 PM
i just watched this show. i'm trying to figure out what isn't true about the Teabaggers.
i'm with you on the chicks though.
the economist is Olivia Munn, OU journalism grad :D
she was on Attack of the Show on G4. any nerd knows who she is.
Didn't address truth or not Mom, just that it seems like a commercial. I have no idea of the truth, as I don't listen to either side any longer.
Not surprised that awesome feline-ish beauty has OU ties.
Midtowner
1/3/2013, 02:34 PM
Not a surprise there coming from someone who has glitter on their anus!
Quoted for posterity.
Turd_Ferguson
1/3/2013, 02:39 PM
Quoted for posterity.
Weird.
Didn't address truth or not Mom, just that it seems like a commercial. I have no idea of the truth, as I don't listen to either side any longer.
Not surprised that awesome feline-ish beauty has OU ties.
wasn't necessarily talking about you with the Teabaggers, but i don't remember really hearing much on that show about them that i hadn't heard elsewhere.
Lott's Bandana
1/3/2013, 05:48 PM
wasn't necessarily talking about you with the Teabaggers, but i don't remember really hearing much on that show about them that i hadn't heard elsewhere.
Teabaggers
heh.
StoopTroup
1/3/2013, 05:50 PM
Olivia is hawt
http://www.desktopnexus.co/photos/Olivia%20Munn/Olivia_Munn_002.jpg
Lott's Bandana
1/3/2013, 06:00 PM
Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City), Oklahoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma). She is of Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_people) descent on her mother's side (though her mother was raised in Vietnam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam))[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-4) and of German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_people) and Irish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people) descent on her father's.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-5) When Munn was two, her mother married her second husband, a man in the United States Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force). Although the family relocated many times, Munn was predominantly raised in Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo), Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan),[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-about-3)[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-G4-6) where the military stationed her stepfather. During this time, she appeared in a number of local theater productions, and later became a model within the Japanese fashion industry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_industry).[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-Ask-7) Her parents divorced and she moved back to Oklahoma, where she attended Putnam City North High School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_City_North_High_School) for her junior and senior years and where she was a contemporary of Hinder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinder) bassist Mike Rodden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rodden_(musician)), future Oklahoma state senator David Holt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Holt_(politician)) and author Aaron Goldfarb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Goldfarb).[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-8)[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-9) She also attended the University of Oklahoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma), majoring in journalism and minoring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_minor) in Japanese and dramatic arts.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn#cite_note-about-3)
Chinese/Euro decent, speaks Japanese on teh show.
Another impressive Putnam City schools product...and better looking than Sammy.
KABOOKIE
1/3/2013, 06:05 PM
wasn't necessarily talking about you with the Teabaggers, but i don't remember really hearing much on that show about them that i hadn't heard elsewhere.
Teabagger! Hahahaha spinkle some more glitter on your cornhole.
Midtowner
1/3/2013, 09:45 PM
Teabagger! Hahahaha spinkle some more glitter on your cornhole.
I still have no idea what that means.
Midtowner
1/3/2013, 09:46 PM
My favorite Newsroom monologue:
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i think the writers know RLIMC, et al :D
cleller
1/3/2013, 10:14 PM
Teabagger! Hahahaha spinkle some more glitter on your cornhole.
So every time we hear "teabagger" are we supposed to reply "glitter----"?
StoopTroup
1/3/2013, 11:12 PM
I kept getting the feeling they were trying to rewrite history a bit and that even though they could insert little possibilities like a Source in Egypt they were trying to protect....it was just a kind of trauma and drama of what we might have lived through if we watched Politics and news 24/7.
If just started to seem pretty repetitive. I did like the idea of them trying to kill the coverage on the Child Killer in Florida.
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