“The Newsroom,” Aaron’s Sorkin’s highly anticipated new show about journalism, premiered on HBO on Sunday night to mixed reviews. Interestingly, many of the nastier reviews came from members of the media (though not Dan Rather, who wrote a review for Gawker, saying he liked the show).

People who work or worked in newsrooms—whether the traditional kind (as in the HBO show) or the new media kind—took to Twitter Sunday evening and Monday morning to share their opinions. We rounded up five of those tweets:

Lauren Seabrook, reporter/anchor for Kansas City First News

I would LOVE to watch the new show the #newsroom but because I work in a newsroom I can't afford @HBO #irony

— Lauren Seabrook (@lseabrookKFN) June 25, 2012

Jason Linkins, editor of Huffington Post’s Eat the Press

In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS has determined that THE NEWSROOM is "a little tiresome, but we'll stick with it for another episode."

— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) June 25, 2012

Jessica Grose, author, former senior editor at Slate

The Newsroom was so full of hot air I thought Jeff Daniels jowls were going to inflate and float away.

— Jessica Grose (@JessGrose) June 25, 2012

Rachel Sklar, CNN contributor, media blogger

Now watching "The Newsroom." Remember the good old days, when Americans "acted like men?"

— rachelsklar (@rachelsklar) June 25, 2012

Chris Krewson, editor, Variety.com

The reaction journalists have when cake appears in a newsroom is singular. We're like lemmings. Hey Sorkin, write that.

— Chris Krewson (@ckrewson) June 21, 2012

Did you see the new show? What did you think?

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