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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Too much competition makes it harder than ever to create a new superstar.
Last night I looked with disgust (and a little jealousy) at the top Branson East grosses, nearly every attraction a sellout, and I thought, how could such junk make so much money? In Branson East there is no competition; each free standing theme park draws its faithful. Other entertainment endeavors aren't so lucky; you can't tell one property from the next because, as in boxing, so many mediocrities compete -- and as boxing has seven heavyweight titles, show-biz has awards. It's not just sport with a problem, and it's not just mediocrity's profusion that makes this such a dreadful age for sport and for culture.