"The Newsroom" Bullies (TV Episode 2012) Poster

(TV Series)

(2012)

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Sex & Nudity

  • There is no nudity.
  • A viewer calls a man a closet case and a traitor to his sexual orientation. The host is offended and points out that the man is openly gay and showed a lot of courage. There is a discussion about gay marriage. There is also reference to a politician who believes that gay people are "sick deviants" and digusting and compares homosexual acts to incest and bestiality.
  • Abortion is discussed.
  • A male bodyguard jokes about being romantically involved with his male client. A female asks to feel his pecs and is impressed with the result. The male clients says he hasn't felt them yet.
  • A man was fired for trying to fraternise with a menber of the local Inuit community
  • A woman admits (yet again) to cheating on her ex-boyfriend. Another man is worried that his girlfriend might be cheating on him.
  • A man says to a woman "when are you and me going to get busy?"

Violence & Gore

  • A man has been assigned a bodyguard because he has received a death threat. "I've got a bullet for you too". The bodyguard's weapon is discussed.
  • A man asks "Why didn't we just hit him in the head with a shovel?"
  • A woman speaks of stoning to death as a punishment for adultery. A man lists a number of violent events done on American soil in the name of Christianity.
  • A man suggests slaughtering a race of people.
  • A man feels that an investigation of him would be an "involuntary colonoscopy."
  • A woman speaks about being yelled at by her boss. A loud argument occurs with several people yelling and swearing at each other.
  • A man admits that his father hit him, his siblings and his mother, until he was old enough to hit him back. When he was in the fifth grade he cracked a bottle of Dewar's across his father's face
  • A woman talks about firing guns at soda cans on top of propane tanks when she was a child.
  • A man says to his bodyguard "Why don't you attack this woman?" He later cries "Attack!" but the bodyguard doesn't respond.

Profanity

  • Nine uses of religious swearing - "oh God", "Jesus", "damn, "goddamn", "hell".
  • Ten uses of "fuck" or one of its derivatives.
  • Four uses of "shit" and one of "bullshit".
  • Two uses of "asshole".
  • One use of an offensive racial slur.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A character is suffering with insomnia. A colleague suggests seeking medication as a first solution. A doctor discusses anti-anxiety medication with a patient
  • A reference is made to a hypothetical drug dealer.
  • A man's father is referred to as "an abusive alcoholic".

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • An on-air discussion about Islam and Christianity gets intense and may offend some viewers.
  • The journalists cover a story about explosions in a nuclear reactor and the danger of radiation for nearby residents and the possibility of "gruesome death".

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