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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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Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Posted 4:56 PM by Gene

This is a manufactured story, and manufactured stories are a BIG reason I HATE NEWS HACKS. Somebody at GE BANCORP NETWORK said, "Let's put out a number -- we're sure as hell not going to put out THE number -- oh, $100 million. Good round number. Press'll run it in for a touchdown! Jay'll be happy. If he isn't, he'll never know. Besides we'll get at least that much in free publicity." And boy are they running up the score. It goes without saying if we can't believe their presidential vote tallies how in the Devil's name can we believe this? It's this sort of cynical advertising that destroys this racket's name, as if the people in it care.

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