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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"If Jordan's ability to instill heart in Scottie Pippen and keep the theatrics of Dennis Rodman to a minimum -- all while being grossly underpaid -- doesn't prove [his greatness], nothing will." [Emphasis added]
Or this one:
"The La Salle mess has already gone on for far too long. Let us all stop pretending we don't know why. Leaders lead by example. They stand up, accept responsibility....Those on [La Salle president Michael] McGinniss's level usually do so face-to-face instead of relying on websites and foolish support from uninformed students...."
Some flack says this is the BLACK MENCKEN OF SPORT. But sports typing is about disgorging tons of words while striking a pose, and proves all too well THE MASTER'S line, when he was asked whether "anyone of the modern age" could have written the faked poems of "Ossian": "Yes, Sir: many men, many women, and many children."