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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...a behind-the-scenes player in the battle over John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, privately telling at least two key Republican lawmakers...
with a MEGAPHONE attached to a MICROPHONE attached to a 5,000-WATT SOUND SYSTEM attached to a 100,000-WATT SOUND SYSTEM. Some privacy.
Why don't you campaign for KOFI's job, Mr. Secretary? Then you could compromise and bloviate to your heart's content -- and maybe win a NOBEL PRIZE!
Next time, WAPOST, can't you increase the font size on your hed? As in --
POWELL PLAYING QUIET ROLE IN BOLTON BATTLE