"America is not the greatest country in the world anymore" - The Newsroom 2012 - SUBTITLES

we'll go on to the next question yes sir

my name is Stephen I'm a junior and my

questions for will McAvoy do you

consider yourself a Democrat a

Republican or independent I consider

myself a New York Jets fan Stephen since

it's been brought up you've almost

religiously avoided stating or even

implying a political allegiance is that

because as a news anchor you feel the

integrity of your broadcast would be

compromised that sounds like a good

answer I'll take it there was a short

piece on Vanity Fair's website by

Marshall Westbrook you probably saw it

where he calls you the Jay Leno of news

anchors you're popular because you don't

bother anyone yeah how do you feel about

that jealous of the size of Jays

audience are you willing to say here

tonight whether you lean right or left I

voted for candidates run by both major

parties let's move on to the next

question

go ahead hi my name is Jenny I'm a

sophomore and this is for all three of

you 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 diversity and opportunity Louis

freedom and freedom so let's keep it

that way

well the New York Jets

no I'm gonna hold you to an answer on

that what makes America the greatest

country in the world well Louis and

Sharon said it diversity and opportunity

and freedom and freedom

you don't look satisfied I want a human

moment from you what about the people

why is it not the greatest country in

the world professor that's my answer

you're saying yes let's talk about fine

look Sharon the NEA is a loser yeah it

accounts for a penny out of our paycheck

but he gets to hit you with it anytime

he wants it doesn't cost money it cost

votes it cost airtime and column inches

you know why people don't like liberals

cuz they lose if liberals are so [ __ ]

smart uh come they lose so goddamn

always hey and with a straight face

you're gonna 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 UK France Italy Germany

Spain Australia Belgium has freedom so

207 sovereign states in the world like

180 of them have freedom all right and

got you a sorority girl just in case you

accidentally wander into a voting booth

one day there's some things you should

know and one of them is there is

absolutely no evidence to support the

statement that were the greatest country

in the world

we're 7th and literacy 27th and math

22nd in science 49th and life expectancy

178th in infant mortality third and

median household income number four and

labor force are number four in exports

we lead the world in only three

categories number of incarcerated

citizens per capita number of adults who

believe angels are real and defense

spending where we spend more than the

next 26 countries combined 25 of whom

are allies now none of this is the fault

of a twenty-year-old college student but

you nonetheless are without a doubt a

member of the worst period generation

period ever periods when you ask what

makes us the greatest country in the

world I don't know what the [ __ ] you're

talking about Yosemite

sure used to be we stood up for what was

right we fought for moral reasons we

passed laws struck down laws for moral

reasons we waged wars on poverty not

poor people we sacrificed we cared about

our neighbors we put our money where our

mouths were and we never beat our chest

we built great big things made ungodly

technological advances explored the

universe cured diseases and we

cultivated the world's greatest artists

and the world's greatest economy we

reached for the stars acted like men we

aspired to intelligence we didn't

belittle it it didn't make us feel

inferior we didn't identify ourselves by

who we voted for in the last election

and we didn't scare so easy

we were able to be all these things and

do all these things because we were

informed by great men men who were

revered 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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