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.
PERMALINKS:
THE NEWS HACKS' DICTIONARY
THE EUGENE DAVID GLOSSARY
AMERICA'S MOST UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY WEB SITE!
Blogroll Me!
![[Powered by Blogger]](http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif){kind=small}
[O]nly two hours after the announcement of Rehnquist’s death, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., issued a statement that suggested that Democrats would try to pressure Bush to nominate to the chief justice opening a non-conservative acceptable to them — not Scalia or Thomas, but someone along the lines of Justices David Souter or Sandra Day O’Connor — a nominee who, they argue, could “unify” the nation.
"In the midst of great loss and great tragedy, it is a time for America to come together," Kennedy said.
He also hinted at delaying consideration of any nominee. "Our first priority must be to remain focused on relieving the suffering of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding those lives, those cities and those communities," Kennedy said. "With Justice O’Connor committing to stay until her replacement is named, we can and should remain focused first on protecting our citizens who need help the most...."
We shall refrain from any further discussion of dead bodies in water.