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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Do you know anyone who doesn't have an opinion about the war in Iraq? Anyone who doesn't believe it's either wonderfully noble or tragically foolish? Then you may be surprised by "Over There," a new drama series that debuts July 27. It's about a squad of American soldiers on the front lines in Iraq, and it bends over backward not to express any opinion whatsoever about the conflict. You can understand the kid-gloves approach, since "Over There" —unlike "M*A*S*H" or "China Beach"—is about an ongoing conflict, and a controversial one. But there's something odd about a war drama with no point of view other than praising the grunts in the field. Without a strong perspective, "Over There" turns out to be largely bloodless.
Speak for yourself! TOILETBOWL bends over backward to appear bloodless, but it has an opinion -- it has the same opinion, week after week after week. Our brave writer may have been trying to put a fine face on his magazine, but beneath it, we know what lurks -- A DIRTY TOILET.
P. S. For the millionth time -- RUPERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is NOT a CONSERVATIVE.