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It feels like most of the Internet is talking about the depth of Aaron Sorkin’s jerkitude, thanks to a sharp rebuke by Toronto-bred, New York-based writer  Sarah Nicole Prickett in last weekend’s Globe and Mail. Prickett was unimpressed by the famed screenwriter’s manners during a roundtable interview before the premiere of his new show, The Newsroom, about a cable news program that has lost its way. (It’s not based on Ken Finkleman’s CBC satire of the same name, for those who were wondering.) In her piece, she describes a host of Sorkin condescensions, including calling her “Internet girl,” instructing her to read a newspaper, and complaining about ”girls who don’t know how to high-five.” Setting aside various scatological terms of abhorrence, here’s a roundup of what viewers, other journalists and Internet chatter are saying about the Prickett-Sorkin encounter.

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