Peter Finch won an Oscar for his role in Network as a declining news anchor about to be fired, but who causes ratings to spike when announces on the air that he will commit suicide in an upcoming broadcast. He stays on, and offers one diatribe more famous than the rest:
Dallas news anchor Ron Corning offered his own on-air diatribe of sorts against the upcoming AAdvantage program changes. He even cuts up his co-brand credit card live on television. But he seems confused about what the changes actually are.