"Peacock's The Paper, Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, FX's The Lowdown, and Netflix's The Woman in Cabin 10 offer their own visions of who newspeople currently are and what the news should be. Their genres vary, as does the degree to which they actually assess current media culture and whether it's under attack. But they all share a baseline amount of respect for and hero worship toward their protagonists, which feels sometimes comforting, sometimes naïve."
"Jennifer Aniston's Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon's Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show's newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing. On the editorial calendar this season: dealing with the budget and staffing cuts caused by the merger with tech company Hyperion and the pressure of covering the upcoming Olympic Games and presidential election. While The Morning Show presents the news business as glossy and glamorous (and often a little pompous),"
Contemporary screen portrayals carry a partially despairing, partially self-congratulatory tone about journalism. Questions arise about whether the for-profit model is doomed, what service a community newspaper should provide, whether investigations are worth risk, and what readers and viewers want. Peacock's The Paper, Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, FX's The Lowdown, and Netflix's The Woman in Cabin 10 each present visions of who newspeople are and what news should be. The works vary in genre and in how directly they assess media culture and external threats. Many narratives nonetheless show respect and hero worship toward journalists, blending comfort with naivety. The Morning Show portrays a glossy, occasionally pompous newsroom grappling with mergers, budget cuts, and major event coverage. The Paper follows a dying Ohio newspaper whose new editor clashes with an often disengaged, clickbait-driven staff while a veteran reporter serves as an ally.
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