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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I expressed the same sentiment that I did with Gerald Myers that despite some tough losses I especially wanted to commend him on how he handled the last few weeks and in particular the student section at the University of Texas game.
His demeanor and habitus* changed drastically. With a red face his response was curt and angry as he responded, "I ALWAYS HANDLE THINGS WELL, AND HAVE ALWAYS HANDLED THINGS WELL!!!!!"
Still, I took it -- like a...male mouse.
*Courageous college chancellor talk. The American Heritage Dictionary defines "habitus" as "The physical and constitutional characteristics of an individual, especially as related to the tendency to develop a certain disease." [Emphasis added.]