Aaron Sorkin Fires Staff of The Newsroom, Will McAvoy Tweets About Colorado Shootings: Twitter Responds

Last night, news broke that Aaron Sorkin had fired most of the writing staff of his HBO fantasy/romance set in a fictional 2010 alterna-verse where everything was perfect and nothing hurt, The Newsroom.

Unsurprisingly, schadenfreude spread quickly through Twitter. Did former MTV VJ Gideon Yago delete his account over the ordeal? Would a lack of writers make the show better or worse? Why is Will McAvoy tweeting about the Colorado shootings when he lives in a pre-2012 world? Let’s find out! (Hashtag SNARKROOM.)

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Aaron Sorkin Fires Staff of The Newsroom, Will McAvoy Tweets About Colorado Shootings: Twitter Responds

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Former Washington Post digital editor Katharine Zaleski dishes it out

Don't worry: we're sure he still has a Google alert for his name.

You hear that, ladies? Today is "Cry and get your new promotion/boyfriend" Day!

Only if it's co-written by Charlie Kaufman and a sequel to 'Adaptation.'

It's the only time you'll ever hear "Corinne Kingsbury" and "Lucky" in the same sentence.

There is something sick about having your fictional characters tweet about real-time tragedies

Also, doesn't this make Will McAvoy a time-jumper? What is going on here?

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