That speech is even more relevant now than it was when it was written.

To get a standing ovation from Aaron Sorkin must feel great!

Jeff Daniels is always laid-back, yet, confident and comfortable in his own skin. He knows his craft well, performs it expertly, and I just plain like him. Anything Mr. Daniels does is done so well.

Jeff Daniels looks as happy as a little kid

That speech couldn’t have hit our problem as a country more on the head then anything! His delivery makes it even more. Jeff Daniels is an amazing actor not given his dues imo

The fact that they brought the signs just brings a smile.

Man, Sorkin did an amazing job with that speech. Unfortunately this sort of self-awareness is pretty uncommon for the people that are in charge in the real world.

"The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is one"

I've just watched The Newsroom from the Paley Centre 2013 and it still resonates with newness.Would it not be amazing if they did a season 4 now. Imagine the storylines and blockbuster scenes the writers would have a field day.

When Piers says, "i'm going to get him to answer that question because I wanna know what he really thinks", that is very similar to what the moderator said on the show, and I don't think Piers was doing an imitation of the show

Jeff Daniels is so underrated it is criminal.

This really hits home hard. Got a knot in my stomach because of the truth in this speech. It makes me kinda sad honestly. I have 7 children and the future of America looks bleek from where I stand. One thing's for sure. I will never give up on my country or my family. #GodBlessAmerica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The greatest speech in a TV show, ever ever ever! Love this clip! thanks for sharing it!

that's it! Aaron Sorkin is a musician in words! in other words- he's a word composer. I can like shows, there ideas, the dynamics, the word games, but on the news room I just LOVE hearing the words woven into each other, each sentence into another. AMAZING! which empowers the message of the power of words. (excluding the curse words which I hate hearing) thank you Aaron for 3 great seasons of romantic idealism painted so well.

I think about ... Jeff Daniels from The Newsroom perform an amazing monologue written by Aaron Sorkin about how America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore..... It rings so true and makes me so sad that we haven't taken the 1st step yet .

I miss this show and I just discovered it a month ago!

Olivia Munn is loving it!

God bless America Always🇬🇧🇺🇸

thank you so much for the clips. However, would appreciate the full video! :)

I was lucky enough to just finish watching this right around midnight before it got taken off of Amazon Prime a couple days ago. A shame it only went 2 and a half seasons

Aaron Sorkin inspired me to turn to screenwriting in the first place back in 2010. I’ll watch any film he does 🙂

Someone give the woman asked the question an award.

Miss this show sooooo much !!

The 2010's was getting so bad we needed to hear that.

Still relavant today 2023

This is perfect. It reflects my own opinion of what was once a great country.

I just finished the show and am having withdrawals. this was lovely

1:04 hes like wtf was the line again

Yosemite.

I love my country even if it's not the best in the world.

That is the speech of a patriot.

Jeff, you are so suavo!

Jeff Daniels is a national treasure. I LOVE his performance in this show (and his character's love story with Mackenzie aka Emily Mortimer... Both terrific actors)..

Aaron Sorkin is a genius!!

Say it again Jeff.no one gets tired of brilliance.!!

The New York Jets.

I have to watch this every couple of weeks

I've never watched that show, but Jeff was absolutely stunning as George Washington in the movie "The Crossing." If you haven't seen it, do so.

Aaron Sorkin is a national treasure.

We need more truth.

Jeff is a cutey-pie!!!!!

When I watched that episode I shouted out loud “wholly shit”. There cannot be a show out of the box that is that good. It was and still is. I am sorry it is not on now.

Daniels is a gift from god

We’re #1 in Freedom, and that’s all that matters. #DropsMic

"Whats in it thats not true"

One of my greatest days was when I was on a KZfaq comments section and some idiot had said something like (about America) "we gave the world the American language.We're the greatest country in the world. We gave the world Democracy" something stupid like that. So I figured, fuck it, I'm never gonna get another opportunity to use the speech again, so I rewrote it a little to fit it being a reply to his comment, but mainly left it intact, I'm not American, I'm a Brit, so I changed it from "we" to "you" and then I posted it. Got a couple of good reactions from commentators, nothing major, but most of them were kinda in shock and awe at how I'd basically destroyed his whole argument, with this whole long speech full of stats. (I had made sure to state that; these stats were from around 2012 and I doubted they'd gotten any better). Additionally cool that most people didn't know it was from The Newsroom. But yeah, felt bloody awesome being able to use it and getting some love back for it.

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How do you define The Greatest Country? The Freedom it has? The Quality of life? The Health system? What?

😂😂😂 Perfect question on the best time 🙈🙈🙈

Who is the female 2nd from the end?

America is the greatest country in the world because these people are from America and they wish it is the greatest in the world.

Film?

His speech is so right that it Hurst like it should maybe the pain would wake America up to the truth and try to fix it like he said 'the only way to fix a problem is to relize there is one'

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He should ask the moderator: Aren't you gonna let me go to the airport if I don't answer this question?

jeff is a frigg n actor.

I could answer why Santa is great too.

Statistics are facts, numbers do not lie, why aren’t we using them now, when it really matters?

Sorkin is a genius

I'd like to know Harry's answer to that.

short answers pls.

Only overshadowed by one other speech: "BAYONEEETTSS!"

2022

Damn Colonel Chamberlain really made it far after the war

Money Cannot pay for your SOUL

Brilliance.

I love Olivia Munn!!!!

she's prepared to be called a sorority girl

Long live jiff love you I never follow anyone except you 🤪😘

Get out and vote!

Because Americans went to the Moon first and then walked on it and then went back and rode Dune Buggies on the Moon!

Agreed why is it? Yes I do live in it (and I am very proud) So one thing I saw was a meme about like rUsSiA is beTtEr! Me listing the things that make it better: brrrr

I tell you why its the greatest country : Simply because the country allowing that tv series to air, and american producers willing to make that and to such high watchability.

the new york jets

There will only ever be one GREAT country in the world and it is named as such! G R E A T B R I T A I N

Aaron Sorkin is a WHOLE treat. My God, the looks, the intellect, the way he views word structure as musical movement.. Just. Yum! (Also, I, too, recently viewed this for the first time via DVD inter-library loan. Was waiting for sn 2 but..Covid.)

Love everything about this video apart from Piers Morgan.

imagine if they wrotte it in 2020.... all these stat...america got down on most of it... sad state of affair...but what do you expect when you have a ORANGE, RED, BLUE WHITE AND YELLOW president.

As long as we have something called human nature to say "it can be" is ridiculous .

It's not but it can be. lol! are you a semity? respect for Jeff here

Get that women who asked the question a promotion

It’s true. America is not the greatest country in the world. Standard of living is not that good, no real democracy (only two relevant parties), people without social support, retirement support, lot of crime… I don’t see one thing that would persuade to go and live in USA

This is not a cry for people who don't like it to get out, it's an honest question and if you can answer and explain it to me, I am open to what yu have to say. Has anyone ever noticed how everyone who is anti-America still chooses to live here? If it's a hell-hole, why do they stay?

Okay then how do we change that? Can we, or is it so ingrained in our culture to be afraid of ourselves that we will self destruct if we actually try to improve? Ask yourselves realistically: Would we be willing to do what it took to be better? I don’t think so. All I’ve ever seen is hypocritical optimism. We only do good when we have a point to prove. Otherwise people don’t do shit to change every day. And they won’t. I won’t. I’m afraid to be better, I don’t know if that’s true or not because all I know is the lies I tell myself.

never been, never will be..

Country Star Jason Aldean should watch this, or actually do any research on any Western European country to see that no, the United States isn’t even close to the greatest.

I'm going to 'guess' by the way Sorkin wanted to make sure that person was picked to ask the question and the way Piece responded with the 'line' from the series, that she was a plant and it was a set up. But I don't think Jeff was in on it.

Isn’t he Canadian?

He was in dumb and dumber so this makes alot of sense

America has Tasty fast food ?

Truth

Why America is the greatest nation in the world: No nation in human history has had the combination the US has had of power, influence, wealth, quality of life, accomplishments, medical breakthroughs, correct orientation toward human rights, openness, individualism, tolerance and democracy, the longevity of democracy, the universal ideas of the US, and the mechanisms of government, as well as the minds of Americans constantly questioning to improve, to continue to make America better. The criticisms, which are legion, and many of which are justifiably so are incorrect in their implication which, without saying so, implies that the numerous problems of America across an array of topics, stand in stark negative contrast to another nation or nations, that they would imply is better. The problem is that no such nation, which has been large, diverse, influential, and heavily engaged in numerous complex conflicts in the world, has ever been as good, much less better, than the US on the balance of good intentions, positive impact, and ability to channel influence and power into positive impact. Analogous nations, whether the imperial powers of Europe, Persia, Rome, Egypt, Mongolia, China, or any other major nation through history, have a track record of enslavement, colonization, and destruction compared to that of the US. Now, a common argument against this point is that America has done its own fair share of destruction and colonization, a legitimate argument. But if one took a serious look, one could not argue that the pure colonization, enslavement, and/or destruction of weaker nations that was a common practice in human affairs for thousands of years compares to morally ambiguous wars going askew, instances of torture, war crimes, and American involvement for the collection of resources. Lest I sound flippant and reductive of these major mistakes, I readily acknowledge that the list of American terrible mistakes is long and makes one seriously question anyone who would claim America has a divine morally objective right to decide the world. But even in saying that, the reality is that human nature is such, and conflict between nations, and the humans that make them up, has made conflicts between nations so intense, harsh and ambiguous, that even the very spotty record of the US sets them apart from any other nation that had a major role in history. I have heard people say that this may be true, but this is only because America is the world super power in a time in human history where human rights are given more importance than ever before, a time when we have the knowledge and human capacity to be more reticent with our power, and that America is not so much better in this more enlightened time than previous powers, who operated before society was more fully conscious of tolerance and rights of the other. I find that a somewhat compelling argument, but I would say that this “more enlightened world” has only become so as the result of a relative acceleration toward that affect that kicked into high gear right after the end of WW2, right as Pax Americana started. So the whole context of the modern era necessitating more care for human rights and the other, has only come about so strongly because of specific American actions and influence. I hear other arguments against America being the greatest nation in the world in the sphere of social, economic, racial, and other societal measures. I would say that it is clear that there are certain smaller nations that have a higher average quality of life than the US, but for one, likely all of those nations are able to do so secure in the peaceful liberal world order overseen by the United States. More importantly, the types of nations, generally the smaller European nations, are specific nation archetypes that will always be more oriented toward high quality of life provided that there is a powerful “Arsenal of Democracy,” allowing them to focus on their betterment. Essentially, if all liberal democratic nations were like New Zealand or Denmark or Finland in power, influence, and general nature, the world would be completely dominated by autocrats, authoritarians, fascists and all other forms of illiberal government. This is not a knock on nations like Denmark, but it should be said to recognize that in the real world, certain nations need to take the role of liberal democratic in orientation, but powerful and engaged in the world, and power and engagement necessitates aspects in a nation that would make it impossible to have the highest average quality of life and most spotless moral record, aspects like large population and economy for a powerful military, as well as a willingness to get your hands dirty and engage in so many conflicts to a point where you are eventually forced into doing morally ambiguous things. This isn’t to completely absolve the US of all the wrong its one, but it is important in contextualizing the situation. For the benefit of nations like Denmark, there have to be democratic nations like the US who become such nations that pure average quality of life can never match the likes of Denmark. Of course even within this context, the US can make changes to make life better, but those are at the comparative margins when we understand the type of nation the US. An aside should also be that one of the things brought up, healthcare, is not discussed in a fair way. There are certain things the US could improve in healthcare, but the narrative of free healthcare in foreign nations while Americans go bankrupt is very inaccurate in its implications. Besides the fact that foreigners much pay more in taxes and thus have less money for other material things, the US system does not have the same rationing and waiting time as others do. Furthermore, the US system comes up with the most advancements for healthcare and medicine, which other nations then use. Therefore, other nations’ quality of healthcare is higher because of America’s specific system, which is then pilloried. Additionally, the US system has the ability to more effectively treat urgent aspects of diseases. This isn’t to say the US system is better, it is to provide context to show that the disparity isn’t as wide as made seem, even though I think the US could learn some aspects from other nations. And this applies to most “examples” of lower quality in the US. And of course this is in the context of the aforementioned fact that for the flourishing of small peaceful democracies, there need to be an Arsenal of Democracy, which will then by its nature have a lower average quality of life. Even with all of this known, no nation as large and diverse as the US in human history has veer had close to as high an average quality of life. When you combine it with power, influence, accomplishments, longevity of democracy, institutions that orient the nation toward improving, and mix of pure power with emphasis on morality and understanding of its own imperfections, no nation in history comes close to the US. It might not have the top average quality of life in absolute terms, but when put into proper context, no nation compares to the US

AARON IS GENIUS PLEASE MAKE MOVIE WITH VINCE GILLIGAN SOON!

America:- we are the greatest nation on earth GREAT BRITAIN. :- am I joke to you son? 😒 I knew I should have pulled out

I think that speech should be required in every US high school wouldn't hurt in a few other countries to the numbers would be different but the message remains the same.

nice

Except that it is

The fact that he was able to give that speech where in other countries you don’t have protected speech is why America is the greatest country now and literally ever

There was a time - when the United Sates was the first actual democracy and led the way for others to follow. But not just that - our Revolution didn't fail. The French Revolution - which was the next one - degenerated into a bunch of head chopping and then was taken over by Napoleon. The most successful after ours was that of the British. Here we got a lot from the British. They laid the ground work for our Revolution and it's their culture that made ours work. But that doesn't mean that were weren't all fucked up. Washington had to put down a mutiny by his officers because they hadn't been paid in months and the prospects of them every receiving the pay they had been promised - went away. Thank God we had George Washington. He could have been King if he had wanted but he said something like "I didn't fight one war against a King to replace him with another one." Look at Congress. Look at how utterly fucked up it is. The Great Glory of Democracy - is mediocrity. Things aren't so good but they aren't all that bad either. We alternate now between Liberals and Conservatives. Each side gets their chance to fuck things up for a while and then we vote them out and let the other guys have a turn. We don't vote FOR people - we vote AGAINST them. .

What's in it that's not true? EVERYTHING!