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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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Sunday, July 17, 2005

Posted 11:22 AM by Gene

I have not paid much mind to the Grand Theft Auto controversy figuring it was just another excuse for SENATORS to preen, and as such would hand a silver-platter victory to the biz, but I've a hunch Take Two did it on purpose, much as VIACON did Ms. Boob's stunt on purpose, and if a great video-game company's forced to go under -- well, tough bupkis. Not that it will, but it's nice to dream.

As for the notion hackers did it, this is disingenuous; practically any digital device or software can be privately hacked, and if anyone video-game cretins -- er, creators surely know that, further strengthening the notion somebody did this on purpose.

Amazing too that a game famous for encouraging crime should get in trouble over sex. But that's SENATORS.

P. S. When choosing between the honorable and the dishonorable thing, SHOW-BIZ TYPES ALWAYS CHOOSE THE DISHONORABLE.

P. P. S. I've added GameSpot News to my favorites list.

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