{
  "id": 11158447,
  "title": "Aaron Sorkin thinks The Social Reckoning should somehow not be political",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/aaron-sorkin-thinks-the-social-reckoning-should-somehow-not-be",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:40:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/aaron-sorkin-the-social-reckoning-not-political"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Aaron Sorkin, the writer-director of The Social Reckoning, has expressed his reluctance to delve too deeply into the political aspects of Facebook in the film. Set years after the events of the 2010 hit The Social Network, The Social Reckoning follows Frances Haugen, a Facebook engineer and whistleblower who leaked internal documents, and Mark Zuckerberg, who prepares for Congressional hearings. While the film touches upon how Facebook fueled political misinformation, Sorkin has said he was never asked to include references to Donald Trump, as it would distract from the main focus: Facebook's role in divisiveness, extremism, and hyper-partisanship. Sorkin acknowledged the film's political nature but maintained that it shouldn't be seen as red or blue.",
  "summary": "The Social Reckoning addresses the connection between Facebook and politics, but writer-director Aaron Sorkin is reluctant to wade too deeply into the red and blue of it all.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Aaron Sorkin Says ‘Social Reckoning’ Reshoots Had Nothing to Do With Trailer Backlash, Explains Why Trump Isn’t Named: It’s ‘Not a Red-Blue Thing’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/aaron-sorkin-says-social-reckoning-reshoots-had-nothing-to-do-with",
        "published": "2026-09-30T04:09:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}