I too like the show and watch it with my 22 yr old son. Several good actors in the show. My son who is does not follow politics closely mentioned during the second episode we watched how terribly one sided and biased the show is. Repubs are always portrayed as the evil bad guys that lie and mislead the public. The show also trys hard to portray the more radical wing nuts of the Repub party as being the mainstream majority of the Repub party.
The most recent "Newsroom" shows are now talking about the upcoming campaign and mentioning example after example of Repubs not being truthful with their campaign rhetoric. Yet no mention is made of the more radical thoughts and ideas by the far left Dems. Nothing is ever mentioned in the show of the many wild or false claims being made by Dems.
In a show that likes to blend fiction with reality they never mention to viewers that Aaron Sorkin who produces the show is a big time Dem supporter that has made 10 political donations worth $163,200 to Obama and Dems just during this 2012 election cycle.
I also find it very interesting that this show which is a big endorsement of Obama and Dems while at the same time being always highly critical of all Repubs began its run on HBO only a couple of months before the 2012 presidential election.
I guess I wouldn't be surprised to see HBO offer it's programming for free during the summer and the run up till the election.
The "Network" has become great way for Obama and team to get free "advertising" without having to being associated with the message or having to worry about going over any campaign law limits on financing, donations or advertising.
In short HBO, Sorkin and the "Network" seem to a be more efficient and harder to pin point and criticize then any of the two parties super pacs.
