“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”

Way off topic:

Network – one of my two favorite TV News movies was re-released last month
with some special features not seen in the two previous (1998 & 2000)
DVD releases. Truly, the evils that writer Paddy Chayefsky predicted in
this 1976 movie have come home to roost. For example: entertaiment
masquerading as news, corporate meddling and violent reality shows, just
to name a few. (See page 14 of the 3/1/06 issue of The Hollywood
Reporter for a thorough review of this 2-disc set.) The extras disc
contains the Dinah! episodes featuring Peter Finch (1976) and
Paddy Chayefsky (1977) as well as an hour-long Sidney Lumet
retrospective.

And my other favorite?
Broadcast News, of course! It didn’t matter which of the three commercial
network news divisions you worked for, the characters had their
counterparts at all three. (Hint: I used to be "Bobby".)

Sign of the Times ?

This week while waiting for the commuter train I overheard T.C. Mits*
say "I’m going to watch it on the web." I’m not sure I had the context
right, but from the snippets of conversation I overheard, it appeared
they were talking about something that they had missed on TV. Divergence
continues…

(* T.C. Mits = The Common Man/Woman in the Street.)