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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The Growth Stocks of the Decade
SmartMoney.com
Yahoo, eBay and Google are "the growth stocks of the decade," writes James B. Stewart. "Yahoo has an array of content offerings that has made it the envy of nearly every media company." He adds: "The Internet revolution is going to be a multiyear phenomenon that's still in its infancy."
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Media Habits May Lead to Over-Spending
FoxReno.com
Young people's increasing screen time -- Internet, television, cell phones -- impacts their spending habits, claims family finance expert Nathan Dungan. "Why else would Disney be introducing a cell phone for 6-year-olds? And the last time I checked, iPods weren't being sold at the dollar store."
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