Network is a fictional satire film about the uses and abuses of network television. The film Network was an ironic ways this film portrays the characters reactions to Howard Beale, a network news anchor who announces his intended suicide on live TV after learning he has been given a two-week notice of losing his job. Help on live television is turned into an outrageous attempt to increase ratings through exploitation of the ravings of a man who is in obvious need of mental health treatment. Increasing amount of ridiculous rationalizations for such terrible behavior. Considering this film was made in 1976, helps to better understand the message being sent by its writers. The bizarre and twisted plot is an obvious attempt to provoke a strong
