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 debris that missed Discovery's wing came from a lengthy ramp of foam that served as a windshield for fuel pressurization lines and electrical cabling on the outside of the tank.
To prevent a recurrence, NASA removed the ramp from the tank that will fly with Discovery during a planned July 1 launch. Still to be completed, however, are engineering analyses to prove it will be safe to fly without the foam windshield. The concern is that aerodynamic pressure during the first few minutes of flight could rip the pressurization lines or cabling off the tank, triggering another catastrophe.
Senior managers will vet the analyses during a two-day meeting in mid-June.
At the meeting, senior managers, THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE!