i do not really know when it be that tv station begin prefer to have handsome men a their reporter regardless of the men iqs but it be clearly a problem by the time that broadcast news come out and and the movie do a really good job look at it . portray a love triangle between pretty boy air head reporter tom grunick ( william hurt ) and intelligent but nervous reporter aaron altman ( albert brook ) and producer jane craig ( holly hunter ) and the movie pull no punch . probably the best line in the movie be when tom say something like represent i do not really understand any of what i be report . and in the era of fox news and such thing and a movie like this become even more important . all in all and definitely a movie that i recommend . also star robert prosky and lois chile and joan cusack and and jack nicholson in a supporting role a the anchorman .