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Richard Byrne says of "The Wire": "It is an ugly portrait because what's happened to America's newsrooms is ugly. Ugly enough to make anyone angry. And it's predictable that [creator
David] Simon's media critics would indulge in fits of self-justification and messenger-killing. But if they really don't like his snapshot of America's depleted and dispirited newsrooms, maybe they should get angry enough to help change those newsrooms - and not the channel. || Related
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