My daughter just introduced me to the TV series The Newsroom. Besides the same creator, it has similarities to The West Wing: social and political commentary are mixed with drama and (of course) personal relationships.
In the opening scene a college student asks a panel, "What makes America the greatest country on earth?" and gets an answer she did not anticipate.
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The primary speaker neglected to mention that the USA has a fifth of the world's GDP. He also made several errors: they still explore the Solar System, they still make laws believing they are moral, and they are better informed now than they have ever been.
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