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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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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Posted 9:07 AM by Gene

Which reminds us: we have not ignored the sad news of David Shaw's death, but we must confess to feeling a little guilty as (unnoticed though we are) we likened him to Howie the Hairshirt. At least the preceding scoundrel with an infinite regard for himself jogged us out of our lassitude. The truth is Mr. Shaw was one of the first mainstream newsmen to call real attention to his business's penchant for BIAS (especially with ABORTION, where the RIGHT RESIDES on ONE SIDE), and for that alone he performed a salient public service. We do hope he died in reasonable comfort, and at peace.

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