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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You're right, STERNO, ZONNNNNNNNNN IS an "incredible salesman," for what that's worth. But all he DID was sell, and he would do ANYTHING to sell. To him, as to LOWSY MAYS, broadcasting was ONLY a vehicle to sell -- which may explain the FREEFALLING RATINGS in network TV and radio. (AND VIACON'S STOCK PRICE.) In the end, though, he couldn't have been THAT great a salesman; he couldn't sell himself to SUMNER. Anyway, he'll get MICKEYMOUSE NIXON's job at ESPNCorp (although I wouldn't wager he'll last that long at THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT either).