In an early scene of HBO's new Aaron Sorkin drama The Newsroom , a college student asks the show's hero, Will McAvoy, why the U.S. is the best country in the world.  It's a vapid question, to be sure, but Will's mean-spirited answer — he says simply more

Glad that he 'can finally clear this up,' Aaron Sorkin says he didn't base the outspoken character in the upcoming HBO series on the political commentator. http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00051576.html

Thus far in his series television career, Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin has peeled the curtain back and taken his audience inside the worlds of politics, sketch comedy, and sports news. His upcoming fourth venture into the medium, The News more