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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

the news behind the lines - Politics of the NEWSROOM


the newsroom -quotes 




Q1. What is the first question Jenny asks?
Q2. What are the first two answers to her question?
Q3. How does the moderator react when Will snaps " The New York Jets"?


Q4.  When the moderator  insists on a straight answer with 

 I'm not letting you go back to the airport without answering the question." 

what does Will say about 

US Constitution .............  

James Madison ................... and 


 The Declaration of Independence  ........................

Q5. How does Will emphasize the US are NOT 

the only ones in the world who have freedom? 

Q6. How does Will states that there is NOT

 evidence to support her initial  statement?
world figures in these concepts: 
 literacy 
 math 
 science
life expectancy. 
 infant mortality. 
 median household income
labor force exports. 

Q7. Which are the only three categories the US excell?

Q8. How does he emphasize the sentence 

"you are a member of the worst generation" 


Q9. Why does Will say "Yosemite?"?

Q10. How can you solve a problem according to Will


Explain what is his real idea about his country.

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KEY: 

Q1. Jenny:  Can you say in one sentence or less...what... you know what I mean:

“Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?”

Sharon: Diversity and opportunity.


Louis: Ah freedom and freedom, let’s keep it that way.


Q3. Debate Moderator: No, I’m gonna hold you to an answer on that. 


Q4. our Constitution is a masterpiece

James Madison was a genius


The Declaration of Independence is for me

the single greatest piece of American writing....



Q5. (to Lewis): And with a straight face, you tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom. Japan has freedom. The U.K. France. Italy. Germany. Spain. Australia. 
BELGIUM has freedom. (laughs) out of 207 sovereign states in the world, like,  180 of them have freedom.


Q6. We're seventh in literacy. Twenty-seventh in math. Twenty-second in science. Forty-ninth in life expectancy. A hundred and seventy-eighth in infant mortality. Third in median household income. Number four in labor force and number four in exports. 

Q7. We lead the world in 
Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, 
number of adults who believe angels are real, 
and defense spending, where we spend more than the next twenty-six 
countries combined, twenty-five of whom are allies.


Q8.  you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst, period, generation, period, ever, period. 

Q9 . Physical empty space !! Ironic

Q10. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. 
America is not the greatest country in the world anymore



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