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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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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Posted 6:48 AM by Gene

Cle-VER: The head of the "collegiate"-sports trade association insists graduation rates are going upupUP! Of course the women would be doing well; they're more studious and for them sports are mere sidelines. But 59% in professional college men's basketball is NOT great shakes (God knows how many cake courses are involved), nor is two-thirds in professional college football. Despite Florida's (!) stellar record we still suspect in these disciplines the higher the winning percentage the lower the "graduation" rate. Take out the service academies (where graduation is an order) and the few demanding schools and the rates are surely lower. Sorry, Mr. Brand, we're not THAT impressed.

P. S. Typical news-hack scribble:

Thirteen of last season's final USA TODAY Coaches' Poll top 25 hoops teams bettered the Division I men's basketball average of 59%.

Which probably means twelve were worse. So WHAT?

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