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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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Critical Mention Inc., a privately held media search and monitoring service, said Wednesday that former CNBC anchor Ron Insana has joined its board of directors.
In a written statement, Critical Mention said Insana will provide "strategic direction and counsel" to the New York-based company, which provides Web-based services that allow businesses to monitor, search and track television coverage. Critical Mention was formed in 2002.
Insana joined CNBC in 1991. He is the host of "Street Signs," an hour-long show that airs daily on the network, and contributes to other programs as an analyst.
Thwo questions: 1. How did Ron Insana get to be so knowledgeable? and 2. Isn't this the sort of thing that bunches Little Howie Hairshirt's shorts into a wad?