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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It used to be you were a good company if your employees scored high on job satisfaction. Now that's not good enough--they have to be "engaged" with their jobs. Meaning: willing to go above and beyond what is expected.
The Gallup Organization has made engagement into a profit center. The pollster's engagement surveys and consulting fees represent 25% of its $240 million (estimated 2005) revenues, up from 1% five years ago. In the past three years Gallup has surveyed 4.5 million employees at 322 organizations, among them Qwest, Stryker and HCA.
Gallup's survey asks employees to respond on a scale of one to five to a dozen statements designed to measure their engagement, including: "I know what is expected of me at work." "I have a best friend at work." "In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work."
This same IDIOT company that's now OUTDILBERTING DILBERT engages in PUBLIC-OPINION MISCHIEF -- POLLS. Since this is obviously a gravy train for GEORGE'S CREW, why shouldn't we view all MISCHIEF -- POLLING THIS WAY?