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THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.

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Monday, February 03, 2003

Posted 8:17 PM by Gene

Another story to make conservative eyeballs roll: Daimler Corp. is accused of redlining. Conservatives will say, it's blackmail. To which one can say, what do you call threatening to move your HQ from downtown to the burbs if you don't get zillions in tax breaks? Conservatives will say, liberals are always seeking excuses. Which poses the question, how many Wal-Marts do you see in urban areas? Conservatives will ask, why should Wal-Mart locate in expensive, crime-ridden, Demo -- dangerous blahblahblah. Which poses a further question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? When it comes to business serving urban areas, that's easy. The chicken -- who then lays an egg when his untoward clucking gets in the press.

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