Did One of the Greatest Movies of 1976 Predict Our F-cked-Up Present?

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It doesn’t happen until the halfway mark. You may remember the single most famous scene in Network, Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet ‘s take on television news, tabloid culture, corporate takeovers and the shape of things to come, happening closer to the beginning of the movie. We don’t need to tell you which one we mean: A newscaster named Howard Beale, drunk on prophecy and clarity, rises from his anchor’s desk. Having run down everything that’s wrong with the world outside your window —

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