Will McAvoy, My Hero

For his new HBO series "The Newsroom," Aaron Sorkin has created an idealistic hero akin to President Josiah Bartlett of "The West Wing," this time a cable TV anchor played by Jeff Daniels. Here's McAvoy in a conversation with his boss, played by Sam Waterston:

I'm a registered Republican. I only seem liberal because I believe hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.