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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From all the talk, you'd expect that the entire country watched the Sunday finale of "Sex and the City."
Actually more people watched Monday's regularly scheduled episode of the far-less-buzzed about "Yes Dear" on CBS. And, surprise, shows like "Sex," for all the critical buzz they're getting, aren't sending viewers running to subscribe to HBO.
The pay cable network has in fact been stuck in a year-long subscriber lull that’s holding even at about 27.2 million, according to Kagan Worldwide.
The article claims the outfit's making big money on DVDs -- and shady internecine deals:
"Sex" will debut on TBS in September 2005 after the network agreed to a reported $500,000-plus per episode fee.
Translation: One set of TWXSTERS sends "money" to another set of TWXSTERS. In short, IT'S A ZERO-SUM GAME. No wonder TWX Internet Service has a rep. No wonder Pennsylvania's suing the TWXSTERS. This is blatant fraud aimed at shareholders.