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 looks like the wheels have fallen off Jennifer Lopez's planned star vehicle, a flashy film musical version of "Carmen."
Investors can't be found to risk $50 million on the project, even though riding-high "Ray" director Taylor Hackford is at the helm.
"'Carmen' is on its last legs," Hackford admitted Thursday in Italy, where he is attending the Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival.
"Studios are so frightened at the moment that they are looking for outside money," he said. "There is a great deal of fear in Hollywood. Many of the films are not working [at the box office]."
So why not make ONE MORE?