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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TRIBUNE COMPANY owns 27 TV stations (including two stations in each of five markets), a radio station, and a 22% stake in Time Warner's The WB;
HEARST CORPORATION owns a majority stake in Hearst-Argyle Television, which owns 25 TV stations and has a production deal with GE Bancorp's TV and movie unit; stakes in numerous cable channels including ESPN and Lifetime, and two radio stations direct;
E. W. SCRIPPS owns ten TV stations and five cable channels;
GANNETT owns 21 TV stations (two in Jacksonville);
ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS owns numerous cable systems;
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY owns six TV stations and cable systems in nineteen states.
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