Assassination of Beal

[spacestevie2]

Fox News is down 21% in the recent ratings...... I have to wonder if this is the kind of talk in the Fox Boardroom

[foxygirl1977]

This is the future people. Somewhere in the distance, somebody is pondering murder on live television. It's disgusting but it sadly is a fact. I don't need proof to verify it. The movie is so dead on, it's mindboggling.

[Djsreview2169]

this for real? these people are maggots!!!!

[noun12345]

Apparently, Glenn Beck compares himself to Howard Beale. That makes 5:50 a whole lot better.

[NillumNaes]

tim robbins for the win!

[SHEPARDWISPERER]

fox news is the highest rated because it actualy gives some truth and the poeple can see it

[Insanitea]

@SHEPARDWISPERER

fox brings truth ? take your head out of your ass

[okellookello]

@SHEPARDWISPERER highest rated? it is partisan, more marketed and they, more than any other network, lead in telling people what they really wanna hear don't they? telling people what they wanna hear doesn't mean they are being told the truth. is it now? i don't think so friend.

[SHEPARDWISPERER]

@okellookello propaganda administrator howard dean has had his pr arm the left wing media spinning its bowl of shit . and you are belly up to the bar .

[pjonri]

watch zeitgeist its really good this worlds so fuckin corrupt

[nutmeg42]

I watched this again the other day. Funny, its not so "over the top" anymore.

[superbeavo]

This is how GB will hopefully end!

[ApocalypticTruth]

Fact: All news stations twist stories.

Fact: All news stations lie.

Fact: All news stations are now owned by strong political or public figures.

Watch both sides, not just one side (i.e. CNN and FOX) Then do your own research and read newspapers, internet sites and books. History repeats itself. Approx. every 500 years.

Do your own research then come up with your own side.

[JAVVX]

So this is where they got the plot to set up Al-Qaeda....

[wasteland70]

This, in 1976, predicted reality TV. It is on the mark. Now all we need is some one to shoot SImon.

[NitestarProductions]

You mean Glenn Beck.

[kcthatsawinner]

Heath Ledger won an Oscar last February for his role as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight.' In January '08 Heath died of a drug overdose. He would be the 2nd actor to posthumously win an Oscar.

[golfprobro4eagles]

They are talking about cnn abc nbc and cbs Fox has Glen Beck you stupid fuck.

[Flores1a11]

And you're the bigger moron for buying into Beck ....

[zenmaster72]

there is a vast difference between editorial news and straight out of the newsroom... Brit Hume is the best news anchor out there.

[BeondaPale]

Every time I hear someone talk about how FOX news has the highest ratings and so therefore is better than other news sources

...I think of this movie

[johnknoefler]

Fox has the highest ratings because americans are tired of the recycled propaganda of the other networks.

[BeondaPale]

...and want the propaganda of a new network?

lol, Good luck with that.

Question: What is the main demographic of FOX news?

Answer: Old, white, and grouchy

That's right, over 65 and stuck in front of the TV, watching commercials about pills that will help them not leak pee.

Meanwhile various forms of NEW MEDIA are A-BOOMIN' -- and viewed FAR more than the vast wasteland boob tube.

...Is that a death knell I hear?

[johnknoefler]

I'm guessing you didn't see this...

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[BeondaPale]

Apparently you're not following, because your answer had zero to do with what I said.

Lemme try again...

HOW MANY PEOLE (in that age group) are we talking about vs the consumption of other forms of media (in that age group) - Internet, cell phone, print, radio, etc?

Got it this time?

[johnknoefler]

apparently you have amnesia since you can't remember your original question even though it's posted below.

and I repost it here. Question: What is the main demographic of FOX news?

Answer: Old, white, and grouchy

Lots of young people watch fox news. The fact that middle aged white men also watch fox news does not invalidate fox news. The fact that you denigrate the race and age of this group reveals your bias and predjudice.

[BeondaPale]

...A response that is as nonsensical and ridiculous as the "news" you are attempting (but failing) to defend.

It is absolutely obvious to me (and anyone reading this now) that you truly do not have the slightest idea of the prescient GENIUS of what Pady Chyefsky was saying here about all *ALL* Network news.

That you (and illiterate morons like you) would even consider the glitz and flash of FOX as a credible news source is a sad commentary on the state of critical thinking in America.

[johnknoefler]

What's really pathetic is your criticism consists solely of personal attacks rather than any real facts. Hoisted by your own petards me thinks.

[BeondaPale]

You thinks? Nah.

[BeondaPale]

I DID show you facts

-- you failed to comprehend them

[johnknoefler]

you confuse assertions with facts. I gave you a source with facts. Your personal attacts and assertions are not facts.

[BeondaPale]

Lol - you gave an IRRELEVANT response to the FACT (not assertion) that ALL news networks are losing viewership to new media

THIS is YOUR assertion:

"Fox has the highest? ratings because americans are tired of the recycled propaganda of the other networks."

No evidence was given for this assertion - you were confused, right?

Now, would you like to stop embarrassing yourself or shall I continue to watch you flail wildly?

[miketonon]

Fox news is deceptive yes, but other major news stations are overall worse! Saying things like "Fox news lies" is only a half truth in the way people will generally percieve that statment.

[BeondaPale]

In other words:

"Yes they lie, but those other guys lie worse"

... as if lies are better if told less often

Here's an idea: instead of watching TV - READ!!!

Read extensively and from many sources - it's really the only way that YOUR OWN critical analysis of events can be achieved

[miketonon]

No, its not that lies are better if told less often. But so many people support the other news stations or at least think they're "ok" but despise Fox. Don't you think thats unbalanced?!

[BeondaPale]

Sigh... You didn't get my point.

I don't watch CNN FOX NBC ABC MSNBC or CBS. You shouldn't watch them either. And you should try to get  as many people as you can not to watch any of them.

Why in the world would you listen to someone that you KNOW (as you just admitted) is REGULARLY LYING to you???

[miketonon]

Your missing my point. Show me a person or network for that matter that hasn't lied or told a half truth and I'll show you a miracle.

[BeondaPale]

and so you will continue to watch people you KNOW are lying rather than READ or even seek out eyewittness accounts

Continuing to do something and expecting different results - the very definition of insanity

[johnknoefler]

I can't answer your question in that I don't really know what "PEOLE" are. I am thinking you might mean people. Or maybe you mean peehole? or maybe it's just an acronym for some government agency? Just wondering here. "Lemme try again" hmm. Lemmings? You are a Lemming? Have fun playing follow the Dear Leader.

[BeondaPale]

And just to prove my point...

[getclaped123]

Man, this place is sick. Let me go home you corporate scum.

[Gantzer1]

its all true not like you have to be a genius to see the way things have been going what people dont understand about the way the world is is that it will change again cause the way the world works is fucked and nobody likes it either it will break first or we will.

[Hapworth1924]

'i guess we'll have to kill him...'

priceless...

[911Checkmate]

One of my favorite moves. And oh-so-true, "Now, more than ever":)

And IS that Tim Robbins? IMDB doesn't say who the assassins were...

[911Checkmate]

Typo:  I meant "...favorite MOVIES."

[DaNumba1Stunna14]

yeah it is tim robbins, it was an uncredited role

[911Checkmate]

Thanks, Stunna. And do you know who the other one was? He kinda looks like "Mean" Joe Greene to me. I doubt it is, but the Steeler fan in me wishes it was...

[dcbandnerd]

Damn, that's cold blooded how they just break a man's death down into numbers and demographics.

[djwolf12]

its funny how keith olbermann at msnbc always talks about the key demographics and then dan abrams got the axe and maddow gets in.

[dcbandnerd]

There's something profoundly wrong with television journalism. There are precious few places to find solid, substantial reporting.

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

damn when they plot for assassinations is it that blunt

[jimjimjimjim1234]

the most beautiful 7 minutes of my life

[TownsendServer536]

Nice United Airlines commercial in the upper-right screen just before the end. I miss the old days of "single-ad" commercial breaks.

[Freedom21stCenturi]

Hey, that news anchor near the end said beale was killed by "automatic rifle fire" when clearly the assassins had a revolver pistol & a sub-machine gun (mac 10)

[Geotpf]

Like much you see on the TV news in real life, the details are wrong, even if the overall story is correct.

[gwengoadalso]

It is creepy... the killer looks like Mark David Chapman who killed John Lennon yrs. later!

[DJbertjor]

Not only that...Check out the upper right television set near the end...plane...interesting... ;)))))))))

[gwengoadalso]

The honest truth department!! GOD!!! Snark!

[gwengoadalso]

goodbye beale hello orielly!

[praling]

hey, one of the terrorists was the main actor from jacob's ladder lol

[FLPman]

the assassins? i don't think it was tim robbins considering he would've been all of 17 at the time it was shot.. not that he couldn't be 17 there but he wasn't in movie until 80's

[jakster2]

Umm NOT!!!!!

[springloadedchicken]

never say never... he was an extra for a while before he was even scoped for buck rogers in the slave girl episode.

[springloadedchicken]

i'm unsure about that though recorded so far robbin's first appearance??? (correct me i've not checked lately)  was buck rogers (something about slaves)

[VodeoJMC63]

like bill hicks said, we kill those who try to help us (howard beale in this case) and let the demons (network execs., advertisers, etc.) run amok!

[bobthefishofdoom]

and those that we leave alone are the funny little man that make jokes that we all find funny and so take every thing they say as a joke, so even though they practically slapus in the face with the truth we just find it amusing.

RIP George Carlin...

[bronco3250]

The religious leaders didnt really mind Jesus all that much until he turned the money changers over.

[stillrob420]

thats what happens to all the guys who try!

[BeondaPale]

Paddy Chayefsky was a brilliant man

[mrsmagloo]

Damn right.

[falkminuteman]

Swansong

Finch was assasinated by the new world order

like jfk

[jdinct1]

@falkminuteman jeez....get a life

[MrRupert2001]

No Famous Last Words?

At least he got better ratings on the big screen