You are not forced into piracy because you can’t get a television show at the exact moment when you want to see it; you are choosing piracy.

Megan McArdle

“I hope I don’t get killed by the studio for giving too much away,” Sorkin said, “but this entire movie is going to be three scenes, and three scenes only, that all take place in real time.”

Knowing as little as I do now, which is very little, what I see on the news, read in the paper, I think it’s a great example. Gen Petraeus plainly is a hero in the classic definition—not mine—a physical hero. He puts himself in harm’s way, he’s led men, won battles, protected us. But in a Shakespearean twist, he made a terrible mistake. He made a very human mistake. That is what at least in the short-term he’ll be known for. There’s some evidence that people who have done that can be rehabilitated [ed: cites Bill Clinton], so frankly it’s a story I would love to take on. Unfortunately season 2 of The Newsroom, which began shooting this week, our timeline literally ends the day before the Petraeus story broke, and I can’t include it. Otherwise, I would go there.

Aaron Sorkin when asked by Tina Brown how he would create the character of General Petraeus—and if he’ll cover the scandal on Newsroom. (Spoiler: He won’t.)

NewsBeast editor Lauren Streib was on set this morning talking with Inside Edition about our College Rankings. [h/t NewsBeastPR]

You can safely assume that my bowels were beginning to twitch slightly about what was going to happen.

Piers Morgan in one interview with investigators shortly after the government announced an investigation into a stock-tipping scandal centered on the tabloid he edited, The Daily Mirror. We got our hands on a bunch of documents that surfaced this quote (and many more!).

The president of the United States: now in the 21st century.

Fox News’ Shepard Smith, just a few minutes ago.

Pack it in, TV producers. MSNBC just won the ‘Best Graphic of the GOP Campaign’ award for “Keystone Plight.”

You did a great job, Sarah Palin

Today show co-anchor Ann Curry’s feedback for Sarah Palin following the former Vice Presidential-candidate’s appearance on the morning show.

Sarah Palin took over Matt Lauer’s dressing room this morning on the Today Show.