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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OR:
Q. So Mitch Albom was suspended by the Detroit Free Press for fabricating that Mateen Cleaves and Jason Richardson attended the Final Four when, in fact, they weren't there. Should he lose his job? (Steve Jacobson; Richmond)
A. Not that I am about to start the Mitch Albom Legal Defense Fund, but I wouldn't fire him over this. I'd just make him read "Tuesdays With Morrie."
OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooh!
By the way, FREEP, what's taking your time? You discovered the evidence but you're afraid to fire him?
AN ADMISSION: In my original post I blasted this guy's writing. I'm not that familiar with it and had no business saying what I said. Also I'll admit I'm mad because of jealousy, a blinding force. If only somebody would publish my writing I could shut up.