The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

I know that this clip has been around for some time. This seems as relevant now as ever. Pay close attention to the message Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) hits the nail on the head in the opening minutes on HBO's series The Newsroom. He is asked by a college student a simple question during a campus debate. 'What makes America the greatest country in the world? Daniels initially goes the politically correct route. Then goes with a honest, bold, straight forward answer that sums up a lot of the worlds problems that so many are afraid to accept because we all want to believe in our system and that it is our system that works. We used to be the worlds best of the best and now we are just pretending. The first step to solving a problem is to admit there is one