A main character in the movie Network (came out in the early 70s, and still holds up). I’m going to nutshell it, but he’s basically the evening world news guy for a tv network, he basically snaps and just goes on these long rants every evening about how America is a crumbling shit heap and the powers that be could give a fuck less about us. His ratings go up and the network keeps pushing Beale to keep saying more provocative and some unhinged shit. He basically is then threatened by a true .0001%er (Ned Beatty is honestly fucking amazing in this roll) for stirring up to much shit, upsetting the order and now he will behave or be snuffed out.
Been a minute since I’ve seen the movie but I think that generalizes it. If you haven’t seen Network, I highly recommend it, it’s a fantastic piece of filmmaking
A main character in the movie Network (came out in the early 70s, and still holds up). I’m going to nutshell it, but he’s basically the evening world news guy for a tv network, he basically snaps and just goes on these long rants every evening about how America is a crumbling shit heap and the powers that be could give a fuck less about us. His ratings go up and the network keeps pushing Beale to keep saying more provocative and some unhinged shit. He basically is then threatened by a true .0001%er (Ned Beatty is honestly fucking amazing in this roll) for stirring up to much shit, upsetting the order and now he will behave or be snuffed out.
Been a minute since I’ve seen the movie but I think that generalizes it. If you haven’t seen Network, I highly recommend it, it’s a fantastic piece of filmmaking