Will 'The Newsroom' Examine Sri Lanka?
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A new television program on cable titled 'The Newsroom' involves a
critical review of past news events and it merges these realities into a weekly
series that causes the viewer to believe there is a ray of hope in the TV
broadcast world, and that Edward R. Murrow himself could potentially be
reincarnated to lead us all to a new, truthful and uncompromising way.
I wonder if the Genocide of Sri Lanka will become a focus of one of
their programs, it would be the best thing they could do to educate Americans
about what they missed and why. This idea came up several times at FeTNA and I
was happily surprised that many people there were also familiar with this new
program.
HBO states this about the program by Aaron Sorkin, creator of
'West Wing':
- "Focusing on a network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels), his new executive
producer (Emily Mortimer), the newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill,
Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel) and their boss (Sam Waterston), the
series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of
corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal
entanglements."[5]
The Tamil community greatly appreciates the interest our group has
shown their cause and the great hope is that other media begins to look at this
event and help direct attention toward some of the worst crimes against humanity
in recorded history.
References:
[5] HBO The
Newsroom
