This tube is the most awesome God-damned force in the whole godless world, and woe is us if it ever

[Ghost of Huey Long]

...falls in to the hands of the wrong people

I just read this on another thread was amazed, had to post it stand alone:

Howard Beale in Network:

Beale:

Edward George Ruddy died today! Edward George Ruddy was the Chairman of the Board of the Union Broadcasting Systems, and he died at eleven o'clock this morning of a heart condition, and woe is us! We're in a lot of trouble!
So. A rich little man with white hair died. What has that got to do with the price of rice, right? And *why* is that woe to us? Because you people, and sixty-two million other Americans, are listening to me right now. Because less than three percent of you people read books! Because less than fifteen percent of you read newspapers! Because the only truth you know is what you get over this tube. Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn't come out of this tube! This tube is the Gospel, the ultimate revelation. This tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers... This tube is the most awesome God-damned force in the whole godless world, and woe is us if it ever falls in to the hands of the wrong people, and that's why woe is us that Edward George Ruddy died. Because this company is now in the hands of CCA - the Communication Corporation of America. There's a new Chairman of the Board, a man called Frank Hackett, sitting in Mr. Ruddy's office on the twentieth floor. And when the twelfth largest company in the world controls the most awesome God-damned propoganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network?

[GeorgeGist]

1. And four years later ...

Reagan was elected President.

[Ghost of Huey Long]

2. This is why we cannot allow corporations to buy off our public airwaves

Occupy TV stations! Occupy the FCC until they revoke their licenses!

[Fumesucker]

3. Why do we call it "the tube" now?

Televisions have moved very much away from the CRT these days, very few cathode ray tubes any more.

As if anyone knew what a cathode ray was to start with.