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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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Friday, March 04, 2005

Posted 4:54 PM by Gene

Speaking of MMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMM, NEWS HACKS are probably cursing that freed Italian reporter wasn't killed because then they could have carried this story for MONTHS. To be sure, we're "lucky" we didn't kill her; then again, there's always a PUNCHLINE to something like this:

Il Manifesto has fiercely criticized the war and Berlusconi's decision to deploy 3,000 troops after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.

On Feb. 19, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Rome waving rainbow peace flags to press for Sgrena's release. Il Manifesto and Sgrena's companion, Pier Scolari, organized the march. Scolari actively has highlighted Sgrena's pacifist conviction in hopes of aiding her release.

In short, with reports like this there's always the very high risk the reader will be used. What is the purpose of being "well-informed"?

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