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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Well, they did say she broke up with her boyfriend.
P. S. They also said this:
[THE FORMER FRENCH WATER WORKS] scheduled several TV appearances for Lohan last week, including a ``Good Morning America'' stint that prompted speculation that she had been lip-syncing. A label spokeswoman said Lohan and her band played live.
TRANSLATION: She probably can't sing.
P. P. S.
Lohan is credited on nearly half the songs, alongside A-list songwriters, including Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks, Andreas Carlson and Cory Rooney.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess putting this "ACTOR [UGH!] TURNED SINGER" on the writing credits means they're trying to pull the Elvis act. TRANSLATION: She DEFINITELY can't sing.
Then again, maybe she DID help write the songs, which doesn't say much for A-lists.
P. P. P. S. We were told today the music biz is "hardened criminals." Since when do criminals have a press office?
P. P. P. P. S. I just put another A-1 album through my stereo: the soundtrack of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I don't believe Howard Keel or Jane Powell needed help singing, or Johnny Mercer and Gene DePaul needed help writing songs.