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Howard Beale is the demented, washed-up, alcoholic news anchor in the movie Network.
Like Don Lemon, Howard Beale ends up hosting a horrific circus of mental illness.
THIS IS A NEWS SHOW.
THIS IS A NEWS SHOW.
Don Lemon is so frigging crazy that he thinks Howard Beale is sane.
Here's the funniest part:
Don Lemon doesn't even know the best speech in the movie.
Here's the funniest part:
Don Lemon doesn't even know the best speech in the movie.
Ned Beatty owns the TV network. He calls Howard Beale to his office to tell him that Beale must now promote nothing but corporate profits.
And Beale agrees to do it.
And Beale agrees to do it.
EVERYBODY--including the guy who posted that video--utterly misses the point of Network.
The title of the movie tells you what it's about.
It's a scathing attack on the state of JOURNALISM.
The title of the movie tells you what it's about.
It's a scathing attack on the state of JOURNALISM.
Corporations do what they do.
THEY DON'T CLAIM TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT.
The concepts of business and corporations are devoid of moral content. In and of themselves, they're neither good nor bad.
THEY DON'T CLAIM TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT.
The concepts of business and corporations are devoid of moral content. In and of themselves, they're neither good nor bad.
Business and corporations are the handiwork of PEOPLE.
It's the PEOPLE who are good, bad, or ugly.
A blanket condemnation of capitalism is stupid. There's no such thing as enforced capitalism.
But the ALTERNATIVES to capitalism require force to impose and/or maintain.
It's the PEOPLE who are good, bad, or ugly.
A blanket condemnation of capitalism is stupid. There's no such thing as enforced capitalism.
But the ALTERNATIVES to capitalism require force to impose and/or maintain.
The STATE of journalism, on the other hand, is objectively bad.
As in broken down AND evil.
Don Lemon is objectively evil as well as insane.
As in broken down AND evil.
Don Lemon is objectively evil as well as insane.
The father of "accountability journalism" once again tries to sabotage the entire country.
None of this is true.
None of this is true.
The experts told Trump that the novel coronavirus didn't pose a threat to the US.
He knew they were wrong, so he acted in defiance of the CDC and the WHO.
He knew they were wrong, so he acted in defiance of the CDC and the WHO.
We're all seeing the insanity from the press ramp up and up and up.
"TRUMP'S VIETNAM!"
The problem is that not even the Vietnam War was the Vietnam War. Everything the press says about it today is as deranged as Howard Beale.
"TRUMP'S VIETNAM!"
The problem is that not even the Vietnam War was the Vietnam War. Everything the press says about it today is as deranged as Howard Beale.
"Peasants with rubber-tire sandals defeated the greatest army in the world!"
The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (NVA) had everything we had except for strategic bombers and carrier strike forces.
And we weren't trained to fight the irregular Viet Cong.
The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (NVA) had everything we had except for strategic bombers and carrier strike forces.
And we weren't trained to fight the irregular Viet Cong.
The Viet Cong committed some of the most savage war crimes in history, almost all of them against civilians.
It was a terror campaign indistinguishable from every Islamist terror campaign.
That kind of insurgency takes an AVERAGE of ten years to put down.
It was a terror campaign indistinguishable from every Islamist terror campaign.
That kind of insurgency takes an AVERAGE of ten years to put down.
The Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) invented suicide bombings of the type that Islamist terrorists copied.
Every imaginable form of suicide bombing--vest, car, boat, aircraft--was used. Children were made into fighters and suicide bombers.
Every imaginable form of suicide bombing--vest, car, boat, aircraft--was used. Children were made into fighters and suicide bombers.
