(todd gitlin) this is post-watergate when people are fed up, thinking everything is corrupt. and people have become aware that there's become a blur, there's developed a blur between entertainment and news. there's no cavalry to come and rescue you because the cavalry is also watching television. five-four-three-two-one. ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it! how do ya' feel? (group) we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore! (announcer) ladies and gentlemen, "the network news hour" with sybil, the soothsayer. (sidney lumet) everybody kept saying, "what a brilliant satire," and paddy and i kept saying, "it's not satire. it's sheer reportage." it would be milder today because almost half the things predicted in "network" have come true. entertainment and news are the same thing now. finally tonight, as if things weren't confusing enough with a dozen candidates criss-crossing new hampshire trying to sell themselves to voters in tuesday's primary, now there's an added starter. as brit hume reports, it's a case of art imitating life. (brit hume) they have all been in