But the bigger problem is the premise of the show: being set in the past. We basically get Sorkin's commentary on events from 1 to 2 years ago which aren't all that different than what people like Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow, etc. said at the time. It's pretty ridiculous that a primetime scripted show is showing soundbites of crazy things Republicans said from 1 to 2 years ago! — isn't old news so exciting! And not only is this old news, but Jon Stewart does this every night on is show, but when the soundbites are new. Sorkin seems unaware that there are in fact a lot of people in the media who are doing exactly what the fiction Newsroom staff are supposedly pioneering.

In this final episode Sorkin seems to have gotten how foolish it is to provide commentary on such old events. In the episode his commentary was on voter ID laws which is something that has heated up in the last few months — no one was really thinking about it in August 2011.

So when you take away Sorkin's unoriginal commentary on old news, all you're left with is a rather stale workplace drama with stock characters and plot.

As for the development of personal relationships, it is actually refreshing to see the characters bumble in this regard. They are bright professionals who are often clueless from the EQ perspective, this makes the more real. It is for me one of the best qualities of the show that it is not neat. Life is messy and the show tries to capture this in an endearing way.

I watched the first episode twice. This is something that I have never done before and don’t get me wrong I think there are far greater shows out there. In fact “The Newsroom” wouldn’t even make it into my Top 10.

I know the show is terribly flawed, with all the poorly developed characters, their irrational behavior and the not always logical plot. Let’s for example take McKenzie, I think the reviewer is right with his criticism – how can an Executive News Producer, not know anything about economics and is in need of her fingers for simple deductions. The love-triangle between Maggie, Don and Jim (or to be more exact, since the last episode the love-quadrangle with Sloan joining the band [who really is, as pointed out many times before me, the strongest female character]) is just simply ridiculous and belongs into a show like “Glee”. But all the mistakes have been previously pointed out very wel by Mr. Lyttelton in great detail and I pretty much agree. But it seems to me, that he also is hooked. Judging from the amount of comments every review got, is seem that many people got hooked.

So why do I watch the show?

Because of the same reason I started watching “The West Wing” and I’m not even going to start comparing the two –because the TWW outranks the TN in every category. But in a time when the outgoing presidency of President Clinton was dominated by the Lewinsky Affair and the President who followed, was far from what I hoped for, I turned to my “Television President” every other Wednesday.
The same goes for “The Newsroom”. In a time where the media, reports only what fits the strategies of their advertisers and where investigative journalism is nowhere to be found, “The Newsroom” in many aspects shows the world as is should be. It strives for a higher goal, creating an informed electorate and letting the viewer know not only what happened, but also how it happened.
In the news world of today, the news are only being presented, no background is and no argument is given – it’s not like I expect everybody to be a Murrow, but I feel like there is a general lack of “Let’s-Do-The-Right-Thing” nowadays.
Those are the great moments of the show, when the crew takes on herculean tasks, like fighting the Tea-Party, pushing the RNC for a new debate format or reporting about the blockage of raising the debt ceiling. Or even more important, is what they don’t report about: I don’t care about the launch of the new iPhone. One of my favorite moments was, Sloan’s “To give time…” speech to McKenzie.

[To give time for the people to call their Congressman and say: "If you fuck with the full faith and credit of the US Treasury, you're fired!" To give time for the people to jam the phone lines of the District Offices, to give the people TIME to say: "I'm a fiscal conservative, and you've gotta put the pin back in the grenade right now." That's why.]

It is that kind of passion that I miss in the world of today. Of course if anyone would give that kind of talk (with that kind of phrase repetition) in a regular office, everybody would just think of it as ridiculous.
It’s just mostly an “I-Don’t-Care-Policy” in the offices of today and I am (and hopefully many people with me) fed up with that. We should aim for more.
The concept of truly caring about something important, the dedication of “The Newsroom’s Staff” is what makes me watch every week, that’s why I forgive the obvious flaws and errors and the sometimes dreadful storylines.

I watch, because “The Newsroom” shows us the errors and flaws of our real world and those unfortunately are way bigger than its own.

So I would like to close with the cheesy line: “The Newsroom” isn't the greatest show, but it can be.