http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/aaron-sorkin-alena-smith-yikes-newsroom

"I love Aaron (http://time.com/3620882/listen-here-internet-girl-the-newsroom-rapesplains-it-all/) ... but I felt this storyline (http://www.mediaite.com/tv/aaron-sorkin-responds-to-newsroom-writers-campus-rape-plot-reaction/) was unacceptable (http://www.vox.com/2014/12/8/7350489/newsroom-rape), Alena Smith told BuzzFeed News.

http://t.co/S2CHVOjp0E

“Most of the time the conflict on the show is about ideas, and frequently those conflicts stoke a lot of passionate debate in the days that follow (http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/10/olivia-munn-newsroom-campus-rape-plot-controversy/) a broadcast,” he told the NY Times via e-mail. “I understood going in that there would be backlash — some of it thoughtful, some of it less so — but that’s a bad reason not to write something.” PLUS: “The Newsroom” is bringing out the worst in Sorkin (http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-end-of-the-newsroom-is-bringing-out-the-worst-in-aaron-sorkin/), Sorkin is still terrified of women (http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/8/7354147/aaron-sorkin-the-newsroom-women-internet-campus-rape-oh-shenandoah) on the Internet, and Sorkin doesn’t understand how empathy works (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/newsroom-oh-shenandoah-212709).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#Zft5veWq9ISZp2mp.99