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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Sadly, however, we live in a time when more and more people seem interested only in news and opinion that supports their pre-existing beliefs. I hope this is a passing symptom of today's angry political climate, because for all the flaws of the "mainstream media" I think we would all find that, like George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life," this country would be a lot worse off without it.
Well, a few more flaws and we shall see. By the way, does "pre-existing beliefs" apply to people who scribble the news? NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
Bye Mark. Promise we won't hear from you again?
(Via the usual Romy)