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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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Saturday, February 12, 2005

Posted 9:26 AM by Gene

It appears I was wrong about that show about spelling bees; it's become THE THING among the COGNOSCENTI, and its press agents are gassing about a Main Stem run. But I really wish Mr. Teachout would not spoil his reviews by gushing, "Let me pause for a moment so you can go right out and buy tickets...." The late Walter Kerr could run a plug in reviewing My Fair Lady because that was a once-in-a-century phenomenon; but I've a sneaky hunch this NEW THING is cute, with cute and forgettable songs, and somehow I will not put that on the same plane as Prof. Higgins and Miss Doolittle. For my part I've had enough of AD-BLURB COPYWRITERS PLUGGING.

I'm all for cute shows, if cute shows will drive the ENNUI out of our culture; but I really wish our age could do a little better.

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