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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WHAT WILL STOP THESE IDIOTS FROM FINANCING CRAPPY TELEVISION?!?!?
Which is not to say these idiots don't CARE about television. They've issued GUIDELINES (a .pdf file) -- for TV commericials -- that include such suggestions as, "Consider shooting in secondary U.S. markets as well as off-shore." And, "Evaluate the number of shoot days required." And, "Set up a profit center for music." (In other words, make money from jingles -- a dubious proposition, as most ASWIA members use sixties rock in their spots.) And of course, the requisite "40-page" DilbertMemos. All this rigamarole about controlling the shoot in commercials -- when COMPUTERS AUTOMATICALLY BUY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE PLACED IN!!!!!