|Оригинал=This story is about Howard Beale, who was the networkNetwork newsNews anchorman on UBS- TV. In his time, Howard Beale had been a mandarin of television,. theThe grand old man of news, with a HUTHU rating of 16 and a 28 audience share. In 1969, however, hehis fellfortunes began to adecline. 22He share, and, by 1972, he was downfell to a 1522 share. InThe 1973,following year his wife died, and he was left a childless widower with an 8 rating and a 12 share.<br />He became morose and isolated, began to drink heavily,. and,And on September 22, 1975, he was fired, effective in two weeks. The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher, who was the president of the Newsnews Divisiondivision at UBS and an old friend. The two menold friends got properly pissed.}}
