howard beale is a fictitious tv newsman who found his way in the line of fire because of his pursuit of the truth. and i would like to dedicate this to all the real journalists around the world, both in in both in both in the press and the print media and also broadcast media who actually are in the line of fire with their pursuit of the truth. the media is not the enemy of the people. demagoguery is the enemy of the people. thank you very much. welcome back to hardball. that was, of course, bryan cranston at last night s tony awards accepting his award for best actor for his performance in the stage adaptation of network . and while cranston didn t say donald trump once, his message was clear given the president s weekend attack on the news media. this sunday, yesterday, his ire, trump s ire was about the reporting of a deal to avert