A recent episode of “The Newsroom” portrayed a fictional Princeton student who had been raped at a nameless eating club.
HBO’s “The Newsroom” is a TV series about a fictional news channel. The campus rape episode, titled “Oh Shenandoah,” aired on Dec. 7 and has since generated much controversy.
In the show, a Princeton student Mary says she was raped by two men. When the police takes no action, she creates a website where women victims can point out the names of their rapists.
The news channel ACN plans to have a debate between Mary and a man accused of rape. An executive producer, Don, has an extensive conversation with Mary, arguing that Mary’s website has the potential to ruin the lives of innocent men. Don claims that he has a moral obligation to consider the alleged rapist’s point of view.
Mary, on the other hand, believes that her website could prevent more sexual assaults from happening.
Some viewers have criticized the episode for Don’s “mansplaining” point of view in his conversation with Mary.
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