This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.

The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.

The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!

It's not greed and ambition that makes wars--it's goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, we've managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems we'll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.