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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"The mainstreamers are doing what they always do," said William Powers of the National Journal. "They are wary of anything that smacks of partisan motives...."
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[Doddering old former TV NEWS HACK and JERNALISM perfesser Marvin] Kalb, however, said he believes that the mainstream press has held back in its coverage of Bush in the build-up to the Iraq war, during its aftermath and even now prompted, in part, by the war against terror, patriotism and economics.
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The rise in critical stories about Bush, [Kitty Kelley's] book, and the ads that a group called Texans for Truth plan to run against the president are "like a market correction."
HOW ABOUT A DEPRESSION?
And finally, can't let this one pass:
The Salon story may see new life, however, with a planned report last night on the CBS news show "60 Minutes," in which a former Texas lieutenant governor expressed regret over his role in getting Bush into the National Guard, and a fresh report in The Boston Globe about Bush's failure to report for duty in Massachusetts. A New York Times column Wednesday by Nicholas Kristof headlined "Missing in Action" also provides further witness accounts of Bush's failure to serve in Alabama.
FROM FAKED DOCUMENTS?