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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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Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Posted 1:42 PM by Gene

And it's bad enough that news hacks are conformists; worse, they're well-paid conformists. Robert Scheer, the tantrum-throwing leftist scribbler, always screams about the little guy, and thinks the little guy can't be taxed enough; but it turns out he owns three houses worth at least $1.2 million and owes taxes on them. The crowd in Animal Farm would be pleased.

And how did I find out about Robert Scheer? Through the Professor. With their devotion to the machine and what the late Michael Kelly called their "template" we can't count on news hacks for the truth; but how can we get the truth on the Web when it's so diffuse? Who can locate embarrassing facts like these? Editors -- like the Professor. Plus ca change....

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