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Ladies and gentlemen,
the "Network News Hour"...
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with Sybil the Soothsayer...
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Jim Webbing and his
It's-The-Emmes-Truth Department...
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Miss Mata Hari
and her skeletons in the closet.
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Plus tonight, another segment
of "Vox Populi."
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And starring the Mad Prophet
of the Airways, Howard Beale!
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Edward George Ruddy died today!
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Edward George Ruddy
was the chairman of the board...
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of the Union Broadcasting Systems...
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and he died at 11:00 this morning
of a heart condition.
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Woe is us!
We're in a lot of trouble!
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So, a rich little man
with white hair died.
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What does that got to do
with the price of rice, right?
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And why is that woe to us?
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Because you people...
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and 62 million other Americans
are listening to me right now.
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Because less than three percent
of you people read books.
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Because less than 15 percent of you
read newspapers.
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Because the only truth you know
is what you get over this tube.
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Right now, there is a whole
and entire generation...
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that never knew anything
that didn't come out of this tube!
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This tube is the Gospel.
The ultimate revelation.
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This tube can make or break...
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presidents, popes, prime ministers.
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This tube is the most awesome goddamn
force in the whole godless world...
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and woe is us if it ever falls
into the hands of the wrong people!
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And that's why woe is us
that Edward George Ruddy died.