History Fridge / TheNewsroom

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* In "Bullies", when interviewing a TEPCO representative about Fukushima Daiichi, Sloan reveals to the "interpreter" that she speaks fluent Japanese and recognizes that [[BilingualBackfire the purported translation is not what the TEPCO rep actually said]], and starts speaking '''directly''' to the representative in Japanese, eventually divulging things he had said to her off-the-record over the phone, which is a '''serious''' breach of journalistic ethics. Why did she do that immediately instead of giving them an ultimatum in Japanese warning that she was seriously considering doing it before she ACTUALLY did so, which could have given the TEPCO rep a chance to at least partly save face?

* In season 3, when Jenna, Will's intern, brings him yogurt and a banana for breakfast, Will asks if she has been taking direction from him or [=MacKenzie=]. She claims it's always been [=MacKenzie=], which makes sense [[spoiler:since we learn [=MacKenzie=] encouraged her to ask the question that prompted Will's The Reason you Suck speech about America.]]

* In "5/1", the flight attendant's insistence on Don staying quiet and in his seat seems to just be a convenient plot obstacle to keep Don, Elliot, and Sloan from getting to ACN -- until you remember that it's not paranoia to be scared of someone taking control of the cabin after the events of 9/11. The implications of his protests visibly hit Don in the face when he remembers just what they're so desperate to report -- and why they're so desperate to report it.
It's also a United Airlines flight crew, which staffed two of the four flights involved in the 9/11 attacks.

** It's even more brilliant when you realize why Don told the pilot and flight crew that SEAL Team Six had "killed Osama bin Laden for you tonight". He wasn't just saying that because they were any random airline flight crew. He phrased it that way because when he looked at the insignia on the pilot's uniform, he remembered that he was talking to a '''United Airlines''' flight crew.[[note]]Of the four flights that went down on that fateful day, two of them were United Airlines.[[/note]]

* An incredibly minor example, but Don's name is actually a fusion of both the Sutherlands, [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald]] and [[Creator/KieferSutherland Kiefer]].

* In season 3, when Jenna, Will's intern, brings him yogurt and a banana for breakfast, Will asks if she has been taking direction from him or [=MacKenzie. She claims it's always been MacKenzie, which makes sense [[spoiler:since we learn MacKenzie=] encouraged her to ask the question that prompted Will's The Reason you Suck speech about America.]]

* In season 3, when Jenna, Will's intern, brings him yogurt and a banana for breakfast, Will asks if she has been taking direction from him or MacKenzie. She claims it's always been MacKenzie, which makes sense [[spoiler:since we learn MacKenzie encouraged her to ask the question that prompted Will's The Reason you Suck speech about America.]]
* An incredibly minor example, but Don's name is actually a fusion of both the Sutherlands, [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald]] and [[Creator/KeiferSutherland Keifer]].

* In season 3, when Jenna, Will's intern, brings him yogurt and a banana for breakfast, Will asks if she has been taking direction from him or MacKenzie. She claims it's always been MacKenzie, which makes sense since we learn MacKenzie encouraged her to ask the question that prompted Will's The Reason you Suck speech about America.

* In "5/1", the flight attendant's insistence on Don staying quiet and in his seat seems to just be a convenient plot obstacle to keep Don, Elliot, and Sloan from getting to ACN -- until you remember that it's not paranoia to be scared of someone taking control of the cabin after 9/11. The implications of his protests visibly hit Don in the face when he remembers just what they're so desperate to report -- and why they're so desperate to report it.

* In "5/1", the flight attendant's insistence on Don staying quiet and in his seat seems to just be a convenient plot obstacle to keep Don, Elliot, and Sloan from getting to ACN -- until you remember that it's not paranoia to be scared of someone taking control of the cabin when four terrorists doing just that caused a tragedy so shocking it changed the course of human history. The implications of his protests visibly hit Don in the face when he remembers just what they're so desperate to report -- and why they're so desperate to report it.

* In "Bullies", when interviewing a TEPCO representative about Fukushima Daiichi, Sloan reveals to the "interpreter" that she speaks fluent Japanese and recognizes that [[BilingualBackfire the purported translation is not what the TEPCO rep actually said]], and starts speaking '''directly''' to the representative in Japanese, eventually divulging things he had said to her off-the-record over the phone, which is a '''serious''' breach of journalistic ethics. Why did she do that immediately instead of giving them an ultimatum in Japanese warning that she was seriously considering doing it before she ACTUALLY did so, which could have given the TEPCO rep a chance to at least '''part'''ly save face?

* Will used to work at the White House, and has connections at the highest levels of government -- his contact at the State Department is heavily implied to be UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, then Secretary of State. When the news breaks about the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, and Will slips and calls her "Gabby" on air, it's not just sentimentalism -- it's entirely possible that Will ''knows'' Gabrielle Giffords personally.[[labelnote:*]]This becomes even more likely when you consider their relative politics; Giffords, as a centrist "Blue Dog" Democrat, would have more in common with moderate Republican Will than either of them would have with some of the more extreme members of their own parties.[[/labelnote]] This could very well be a man reacting to hearing that a friend has been shot and is not expected to survive.

* Will used to work at the White House, and has connections at the highest levels of government -- his contact at the State Department is heavily implied to be UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, then Secretary of State. When the news breaks about the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, and Will slips and calls her "Gabby" on air, it's not just sentimentalism -- it's entirely possible that Will ''knows'' Gabrielle Giffords personally. This could very well be a man reacting to hearing that a friend has been shot and is not expected to survive.

** It's even more brilliant when you realize why Don told the pilot and flight crew that SEAL Team Six had "killed Osama bin Laden for you tonight". He wasn't just saying that because they were any random airline flight crew. He phrased it that way because when he looked at the insignia on the pilot's uniform, he remembered that he was talking to a '''United Airlines''' flight crew.[[note]]]Of the four flights that went down on that fateful day, two of them were United Airlines.]]

** It's even more brilliant when you realize why Don told the pilot and flight crew that SEAL Team Six had "killed Osama bin Laden for you tonight". He wasn't just saying that because they were any random airline flight crew. He phrased it that way because when he looked at the insignia on the pilot's uniform, he remembered that he was talking to a '''United Airlines''' flight crew.

* In "Bullies", when interviewing a TEPCO representative about Fukushima Daiichi, Sloan reveals to the "interpreter" that she speaks fluent Japanese and recognizes that [[BilingualBackfire the purported translation is not what the TEPCO rep actually said]], and starts speaking '''directly''' to the representative in Japanese, eventually divulging things he had said to her off-the-record over the phone, which is a '''serious''' breach of journalistic ethics. Why did she do that immediately instead of giving them an ultimatum in Japanese warning that she was seriously considering doing it before she ACTUALLY did so, which could have given the TEPCO rep a chance to at least '''part'''ly save face?

** It's even more brilliant when you realize why Don told the pilot and flight crew that SEAL Team Six had "killed Osama bin Laden for you tonight". He wasn't just saying that because they were any random airline flight crew. He phrased it that way because when he looked at the insignia on the pilot's uniform, he remembered that he was talking to a '''United Airlines''' flight crew.

* In "5/1", the flight attendant's insistence on Don staying quiet and in his seat seems to just be a convenient plot obstacle to keep Don, Elliot, and Sloan from getting to ACN -- until you remember that it's not paranoia to be scared of someone taking control of the cabin when four terrorists doing just that caused a tragedy so shocking it changed the course of human history. The implications of his protests visibly hit Don in the face when he remembers just what they're so desperate to report -- and why they're so desperate to report it.

* The second episode went a little too far in trying to establish the crew's inexperience that they came off Too Dumb to Live. Specifically, [=MacKenzie=], who has been in Afghanistan for years, and doesn't know how to use a Blackberry. But if you think about it, she had just been taught how to use mass-emailing, something she probably rarely had to do working in near-isolation in the Middle East for the past few years.

* The second episode went a little too far in trying to establish the crew's inexperience that they came off Too Dumb to Live. Specifically, MacKenzie, who has been in Afghanistan for years, and doesn't know how to use a Blackberry. But if you think about it, she had just been taught how to use mass-emailing, something she probably rarely had to do working in near-isolation in the Middle East for the past few years.

* The second episode went a little too far in trying to establish the crew's inexperience that they came off Too Dumb to Live. Specifically, MacKenzie, who has been in Afghanistan for years, and doesn't know how to use a Blackberry. But if you think about it, she had just been taught how to use mass-emailing, something she probably rarely had to do working in near-isolation in the Middle East for the past few years.

* Idiot Ball: The second episode went a little too far in trying to establish the crew's inexperience that they came off Too Dumb to Live. Specifically, MacKenzie, who has been in Afghanistan for years, and doesn't know how to use a Blackberry. But if you think about it, she had just been taught how to use mass-emailing, something she probably rarely had to do working in near-isolation in the Middle East for the past few years.