Claim: Broadcast News was written by a man.
Evidence: Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written , produced and directed by James L. Brooks.
James Lawrence `` Jim '' Brooks -LRB- born May 9 , 1940 -RRB- is an Academy Award - , Emmy - and Peabody Award-winning American television and movie director , producer and screenwriter.
After dropping out of New York University , he got a job as an usher at CBS , going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts.