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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1. Bill Gates, $51 billion, Microsoft
NUF SAID.
3. Paul Allen, $22 billion, Microsoft and investments
Secretive zillionaire renowned for his bad choices.
4. Michael Dell, $18 billion, Dell
Country-club Republican who's outsourced half his company and gutted customer service.
5. Larry Ellison, $ 17 billion, Oracle
Screams a lot.
11. Steve Ballmer, $14 billion, Microsoft
Screams a lot.
16. Sergey Brin, $11 billion, Google
16. Larry Page, $11 billion, Google
The J. Edgar Hoovers of high-tech, with a touch of the Dalai Lama to make them seem human.
And further down the list:
67. Steve Jobs, $3.3 billion, Apple Computer, Pixar
The ultimate CONTROL PHREAK who sells overpriced gadgets that won't work with other gadgets.
93. Jerry Yang, $2.5 billion, Yahoo
SIEG HEIL!
258. Barry Diller, $1.3 billion, InterActiveCorp
Walked on water while running show-biz, now a techie just like anybody.
384. Steve Case, $900 million, America Online
HE'S STILL ON THE LIST?
One thing is clear: future generations won't have the slightest clue who most these people are, except perhaps in the negative. Edison invented things. Most of these clowns wrote code.
P. S. Does anyone know who was the biggest businessman in Beethoven's time? Does anyone CARE?