The Newsroom (TV Series)

News Night 2.0 (2012)

Alison Pill: Maggie Jordan

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• Maggie Jordan : How can you be biased towards fairness?

  MacKenzie McHale : There aren't two sides to every story. Some stories have five sides some only have one.

  Tess Westin : I still don't underst...

  Will McAvoy : Bias towards fairness means that if the entire congressional Republican caucus were to walk in to the House and propose a resolution stating that the Earth was flat, the Times would lead with "Democrats and Republicans Can't Agree on Shape of Earth."

• Maggie Jordan : How come no one's yelling at me?

  Jim Harper : You know how bad you screwed up, right?

  Maggie Jordan : Yes.

  Jim Harper : Is there anyone who feels worse than you do?

  Maggie Jordan : No.

  Jim Harper : Then I doubt it'll ever happen again.

• Jim Harper : First, you go into iNews and you look over the questions the segment producer put in the rundown. Identify yourself and your news agency, summarize the segment - the length, whether it's live or not, and who we're having on from the other side.

  Maggie Jordan : I'm sorry, but don't I first open my eyes and notice it's a new day?

  Jim Harper : What are we talking about here?

  Maggie Jordan : I've done this before.

  Jim Harper : Okay.

  Maggie Jordan : What is this magic box in front of me?

  Jim Harper : Have I done something to you?

  Maggie Jordan : I swear I was just thinking the exact same thing. I have no idea why I'm being mean to you.

  Jim Harper : Now that you know that, do you think you'll stop?

  Maggie Jordan : That's the thing - it doesn't feel like it. I'm just being honest.

  Jim Harper : I can't ask for more than that, except rational thought.