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Is Aaron Sorkin's legacy going to be out of context Newsroom clips?

The great cultural winnowing comes for Aaron Sorkin, leaving behind one of his worst things.
Don, smugly, informs the pilot of an airplane that bin Laden has died. That's literally the picture.
Don reports the news. (Credit: HBO)

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