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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Roker peddles dog reality TV program
NEW YORK - Al Roker is going to the dogs for inspiration. The production company of the NBC "Today" show weatherman is making what it calls the first-ever dog reality television show.
Roker is teamed with Tamar Geller, who's built a living training celebrities' dogs. Each show will have hidden cameras that catch dogs acting like, well, animals. Geller then swoops in with obedience training.
He hasn't sold the show to a network yet.
"A former Israeli intelligence officer, Tamar will show us how to make the most of our loving relationship with dogs," Roker said. "And if you do not watch the show, she knows 17 different ways to kill you with a paper clip. That's television!"
ON THE NET
http://www.roker.com/main.cfm
I'm all for cute little spice-of-life stories now and then, but multiply this by a million and you have a wire service's equivalent of hardening of the arteries.
And where is all this ANGRY REPORTING we were supposed to get? Mollified by your large paychecks?