Clear Channel pulls the pin and hands Viacom their own grenade...continued

I recently was is a discussion about another Howard, Howard Beale. Roger Ebert brings back the memories.



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"The next day, in a farewell broadcast, Beale announces that he will indeed kill himself because of falling ratings. He's yanked from the air but begs for a chance to say farewell, and that's when he says, the next day, "Well, I'll tell you what happened: I just ran out of bull- - - -." His frankness is great for the ratings, Diana convinces her bosses to overturn Max's decision to fire him, Howard goes back on the air, and he is apparently deep into madness when he utters his famous line."



And of course that would be "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"



Sounding familiar?