How 'Network' anchor Howard Beale made it to the White House
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Jun 07, 2019
3 minutes
Can there be a more revealing piece of prophetic art for our times than "Network"?
I used to think the audacious 1976 Oscar-winning movie about a TV anchor who becomes a ratings sensation after losing his mind on air was more than a wee bit too cynical. Now, after the rise of Fox News, President Donald Trump and a new social media age of multitudinous online megaphones, I think the movie might have been
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