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** When the almost-15-year-old Aaron is beaten bloody by the members of his graduating class whom he has lambasted in his valedictorian speech, his idea of an insult is that they'll never make more than $19,000 in a year. "Not bad!" one of the bullies scoffs as he walks away.
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** When the almost-15-year-old Aaron is beaten bloody by the members of his graduating class whom he has lambasted in his valedictorian speech, his idea of an insult is that they'll never make more than $19,000 $19,000[[note]] approximately $50,000 in 2023 [[/note]] in a year. "Not bad!" one of the bullies scoffs as he walks away.
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* InformedAttribute: Much is made about how much smarter Aaron and Jane are to someone like Tom, and how they have a better grasp on what is required to be a proper newscaster. However, Tom never comes off as dumb as they want to make him seem, and is actually quite acute regarding the best way to present oneself on the news. Tom also understands the importance of date rape, as his story manages to effectively touch a lot of people [[spoiler:even though he does stage a reaction shot for the piece.]]
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* InformedAttribute: Much is made about how much smarter Aaron and Jane are to someone like Tom, and how they have a better grasp on what is required to be a proper newscaster. However, Tom never comes off as dumb as they want to make him seem, and is actually quite acute regarding the best way to present oneself on the news.news (which as Aaron's terrible weekend broadcast shows, is not something just anyone can do; it's something you need both skill and practice to do, especially to do ''well''). Tom also understands the importance of date rape, as his story manages to effectively touch a lot of people [[spoiler:even though he does stage a reaction shot for the piece.]]
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* BookDumb: As a child, Tom is self-conscious about getting Cs and Ds at school despite working hard; when he grows up, though he's not as dumb as the other characters imply, he still needs to have his hand held to navigate some of the more intellectually challenging aspects of network news.
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* BookDumb: As a child, Tom is self-conscious about getting Cs and Ds at school despite working hard; when he grows up, though he's not as dumb as the other characters imply, he still needs to have his hand held to navigate some of the more intellectually challenging aspects of network news.news (one reason why Jane is so concerned about ensuring that his earpiece works during the special report on a Libyan attack on a US military base in Sicily).
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* {{Hypocrite}}: All three leads are this to a variety of degrees.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: All three leads are this to a variety of degrees.
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** Jane argues for the integrity of the news and being honest with the subject, even objecting at one point to getting a solider to put on his shoes because she feels it would feel staged, and feels that the importance on news anchors is a detriment to their profession. However, she has no issue with sensationalizing news pieces for a better impact (Such as using an image of a Norman Rockwell painting to contrast with a soldier returning home) and fawns over the attention that news anchor Bill Rorish gives to her piece. The key example of her hypocrisy is that while she criticizes Tom for just being shallow and vapid, she's never more alive than when she is barking orders into his ear during the broadcast about the Libyan fighter pilot, and he is merely repeating what she said to him.
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** Jane argues for the integrity of the news and being honest with the subject, even objecting at one point to getting a solider to put on his shoes because she feels it would feel staged, and feels that the importance on news anchors is a detriment to their profession. However, she has no issue with sensationalizing news pieces for a better impact (Such (such as using an image of a Norman Rockwell painting to contrast with a soldier returning home) and fawns over the attention that news anchor Bill Rorish gives to her piece. The key example of her hypocrisy is that while she criticizes Tom for just being shallow and vapid, she's never more alive than when she is barking orders into his ear during the broadcast about the Libyan fighter pilot, and he is merely repeating what she said to him.
