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Clips from The Newsroom - The 112th Congress (S01E01)

"- I don't need your permission-- - Yes, you do."
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"You didn't ask for it 'cause you knew you wouldn't get it."
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"I want to know. Are you in or are you out?"
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"- Let's break-up. - What did I do now."
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"- You were too supportive. - We break-up, I apologize,"
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"- everything's fine. - Sounds like a super healthy relationship."
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"- I would fight for it. - I will fight for it."
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"- You still gonna worry about the ratings? - I'm in."
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"- What? - I'm in."
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"20 seconds to VTR."
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"Stand by, 13-27."
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"Joey, ready on graphics."
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"Let's check the stack on file 102."
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"15 seconds to VTR."
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"- Standing. - 10 seconds."
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"Ready, roll-in, ready, SOT 1."
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"- Ready. - In four, three, two, one."
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"Roll-in."
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"I welcome these hearings because of the opportunity"
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"that they provide to the American people"
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"to better understand why the tragedy of 9/11 happened"
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"and what we must do to prevent a reoccurrence."
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"I also welcome the hearings because it is finally a forum"
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"where I can apologize"
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"to the loved ones of the victims of 9/11."
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"To them who are here in the room,"
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"to those who are watching on television,"
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"your government failed you."
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"Those entrusted with protecting you"
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"failed you."
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"And I failed you."
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"Good evening. I'm Will McAvoy."
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"This is News Night, and that was a clip"
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"of Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism chief"
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"to President George W. Bush,"
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"testifying before Congress on March 24, 2004."
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"Americans liked that moment."
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"I liked that moment."
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"And so tonight I'm beginning this newscast"
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"by joining Mr. Clarke in apologizing"
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"to the American people for our failure."
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"The failure of this program during the time I've been in charge of it"
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"to successfully inform and educate the American electorate."
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"Let me be clear that I don't apologize"
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"on behalf of all broadcast journalists,"
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"nor do all broadcast journalists owe an apology."
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"I speak for myself."
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"I was an accomplice to a slow and repeated and unacknowledged"
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"and unamended train wreck of failures"
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"that have brought us to now."
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"I'm a leader in an industry that miscalled election results,"
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"hyped up terror scares, ginned up controversy,"
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"and failed to report on tectonic shifts in our country."
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"From the collapse of the financial system"
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"to the dangers we actually face."
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"I'm a leader in an industry that misdirected"
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"your attention with the dexterity of Harry Houdini"
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"while sending hundreds of thousands of our bravest young men and women"
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"off to war without due diligence."
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"The reason we failed isn't a mystery."
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"We took a dive for the ratings."
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"In the infancy of mass communications,"
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"the Columbus and Magellan of broadcast journalism,"
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"William Paley and David Sarnoff,"
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"Congress would allow the fledgling networks"
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"free use of taxpayer-owned airwaves"
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"in exchange for one public service."
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"That public service would be one hour of air time"
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"set aside every night for informational broadcasting,"
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"or what we now call the evening news."
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"Congress, unable to anticipate the enormous capacity"
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"television would have to deliver consumers to advertisers,"
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"that would have changed our national discourse"
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"immeasurably for the better."
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"Congress forgot to add that under no circumstances"
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"could there be paid advertising"
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"during informational broadcasting."
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"They forgot to say that taxpayers will give you the airwaves for free"
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"and for 23 hours a day you should make a profit,"
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"but for one hour a night you work for us."
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"And now those network newscasts,"
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"anchored through history by honest-to-God newsmen"
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"with names like Murrow and Reasoner and Huntley"
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"and Brinkley and Buckley and Cronkite and Rather"
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"and Russert-- Now they have to compete with the likes of me."
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"A cable anchor who's in the exact same business"
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"as the producers of Jersey Shore."
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"And that business was good to us,"
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"but News Night is quitting that business right now."
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"It might come as a surprise to you"
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"exceptional minds with years of experience"
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"and an unshakeable devotion to reporting the news."
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"But these voices are a small minority now"
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"and they don't stand a chance against the circus"
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"when the circus comes to town. They're overmatched."
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"I'm quitting the circus and switching teams."
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"I'm going with the guys who are getting creamed."
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"I'm moved that they still think they can win"
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"and I hope they can teach me a thing or two."
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"From this moment on, we'll be deciding what goes on our air"
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"and how it's presented to you based on the simple truth"
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"that nothing is more important to a democracy"
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"than a well-informed electorate."
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"We'll endeavor to put information in a broader context"
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"because we know that very little news is born"
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"at the moment it comes across our wire."
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"We'll be the champion of facts"
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"and the mortal enemy of innuendo, speculation,"
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"We're not waiters in a restaurant"
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"serving you the stories you asked for just the way you like them prepared."
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"Nor are we computers dispensing only the facts"
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"because news is only useful in the context of humanity."
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"I'll make no effort to subdue my personal opinions."
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"I will make every effort to expose you"
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"to informed opinions that are different from my own."
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"You may ask who are we to make these decisions."
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"We are Mackenzie McHale and myself."
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"Miss McHale is our executive producer."
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"She marshals the resources of over 100 reporters,"
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"producers, analysts, technicians,"
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