Every few years, there’s a clip from the HBO show The Newsroom that goes viral as a supposedly damning indictment of America’s decline on the world stage.

“America is not the greatest country in the world anymore,” declares Jeff Daniels’ character, a pompous news anchor who breaks the mold by being ever-so-slightly anti-American.

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