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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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Sunday, May 18, 2003

Posted 1:23 PM by Gene

The news hacks said we'd be bogged down in Iraq. They were wrong. The news hacks said there'd be hand-to-hand combat. They were wrong. The news hacks said there'd be untold casualties. They were wrong. The news hacks said the Iraqi National Museum was completely looted. They were wrong. Now comes word (from someone Andy S. calls "pro-war," and a RUPERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! clone) that utter anarchy rules the length and breadth of Iraq. Given the extra-added word that Afghanistan's "government" seems to have trouble ruling anything, this is worrisome. I truly think SuperRummy went into both wars not thinking of the peace. We should be concerned; our fight against terrorism is at stake. Nonetheless, after the doom-and-gloom scenarios of the past, and after L'Affaire Blair, how can we be sure these stories are right?

(Even the Washington Post may have its doubts; the Afghan story made it to page A14.)

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