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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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Thursday, November 13, 2003

Posted 8:09 AM by Gene

When a conservative talks of bubble gum put your hand firmly on your wallet. George Will's brain goes on auto-pilot (as it does sometimes on that huge salary) over campaign finance reform, repeating the favorite excuse of the Buttman Institute. Just as greedy executives can never earn too much (so Larry Kudlow says), craven hack pols can never spend too much. Unfortunately, greedy executives can earn too much, and campaign costs have risen exponentially, and the money all goes to television (and EisnerCorp, George's favorite conflict of interest) -- and to the negative campaigning that keeps voters from the polls. And the trouble is, recent attempts to limit campaign spending are almost certainly unconstitutional. Does that mean unlimited campaign spending is good?

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