"What should an award-winning journalist do after hanging up her press badge for good? Teach, of course! Wait, hold on, let me add one minor piece of context: What should an award-winning journalist do after hanging up their badge for good because they were caught censoring footage of the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol to hide their brother's identity from the FBI? Same answer? You're sticking with "teaching"? OK, great, then you and the producers of "The Morning Show" are on the same page."
"Starring Reese Witherspoon (as the aforementioned pillar of the Fourth Estate, Bradley Jackson) and Jennifer Aniston (as her one-time co-host and full-time gaslighter, Alex Levy), the ripped-from-the-headlines drama is ostensibly about modern journalism's ongoing mission to rid the newsroom of toxic patriarchal influences while rebuilding broadcast news into an inclusive, open-minded, and steadfastly truthful profession. Make journalism great again. Or something."
The Morning Show centers on Bradley Jackson and Alex Levy navigating a broadcast-news landscape ostensibly committed to rooting out toxic patriarchal influences and rebuilding journalism as inclusive and truthful. The series repeatedly undermines that premise with erratic narrative choices and character betrayals. Bradley doctored footage of the January 6 attack and censored it to conceal her brother's identity from the FBI, then used the footage for personal gain. Alex rails against cancel culture yet engages in manipulative behavior, including an affair with a tech billionaire figure attempting to seize the network. The series oscillates across tones and agendas, sacrificing ethical coherence for sensationalism.
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