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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Another martyr for the cause of...WHATEVER:
A ninth-grade student suspended for wearing lipstick and eye makeup has accused officials at a Southern California high school of discrimination.
James Herndon, 16, said the five-day suspension imposed Monday by administrators at San Bernardino's Pacific High School was unfair because females are allowed to wear cosmetics on campus.
Herndon said his black lipstick and red eye makeup express the Wiccan religious beliefs he shares with his mother, a priestess in the faith. He contends the suspension violates his constitutional right to free expression.
"If I can't wear makeup," he said, "then the girls or the staff can't wear makeup."
PINCH! You must write an EDITORIAL about this.