1:01:04
So, a rich little man
with white hair died.
1:01:09
What does that got to do
with the price of rice, right?
1:01:12
And why is that woe to us?
1:01:16
Because you people...
1:01:18
and 62 million other Americans
are listening to me right now.
1:01:22
Because less than three percent
of you people read books.
1:01:27
Because less than 15 percent of you
read newspapers.
1:01:31
Because the only truth you know
is what you get over this tube.
1:01:34
Right now, there is a whole
and entire generation...
1:01:38
that never knew anything
that didn't come out of this tube!
1:01:42
This tube is the Gospel.
The ultimate revelation.
1:01:46
This tube can make or break...
1:01:48
presidents, popes, prime ministers.
1:01:51
This tube is the most awesome goddamn
force in the whole godless world...
1:01:56
and woe is us if it ever falls
into the hands of the wrong people!
1:01:59
And that's why woe is us
that Edward George Ruddy died.
1:02:03
Because this company is now
in the hands of CCA...
1:02:06
the Communication Corporation
of America.
1:02:08
There's a new chairman of the board,
a man called Frank Hackett...
1:02:12
sitting in Mr. Ruddy's office
on the 20th floor.
1:02:14
And when the 12th largest company
in the world...
1:02:18
controls the most awesome,
goddamn propaganda force...
1:02:21
in the whole godless world...
1:02:23
who knows what shit will be peddled
for truth on this network!
1:02:27
So you listen to me.
Listen to me!
1:02:30
Television is not the truth.
1:02:33
Television's
a goddamned amusement park!
1:02:35
Television is a circus, a carnival,
a traveling troupe of acrobats...
1:02:39
storytellers, dancers, singers,
jugglers, sideshow freaks...
1:02:43
lion tamers and football players.
1:02:46
We're in the boredom-killing business.
1:02:50
So if you want the truth,
go to God.
1:02:54
Go to your gurus.
1:02:56
Go to yourselves!
1:02:58
Because that's the only place
you're ever gonna find any real truth.