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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More evidence that Hastert and other Republicans don't get it (courtesy links from [name of spyware-spreading frequently-wrong show-biz-publicity Web site deleted]):
Baltimore Sun article on Hastert: "When the base finds out who's feeding this monster, they're not going to be happy. The people who want to see this thing blow up are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros." - This comes off as just so much whining. You had an aspiring pedophile in your midst, and you expect your political opponents and the media not to hammer you? The only points the Republicans ought to be pressing is that they are shocked this individual could do such a thing; that they want him fully investigated; they want the page program fully evaluated; and they want any criminal behavior prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In other words, they need to exhibit a large dose of humility.
Newt Gingrich, who reportedly told a South Carolina audience that Democratic sex scandals have been far worse: "What we don't have to do is allow our friends on the left to lecture us on morality. There's a certain stench of hypocrisy." - There is plenty of evidence of hypocrisy to heap upon both parties, so this is another example of GOP whining. "He did it too, and worse" playground-type fingerpointing won't resonate with a public (electorate) disgusted by Foley's actions. And since when are Democrats a measuring stick for behavioral standards?
Vice President Dick Cheney in the Washington Examiner: “I’m a huge Denny Hastert fan — I think he’s a great speaker. And it makes no sense at all for him to think about stepping down.” - I really like and respect the vice president [that's your opinion], but he is misidentifying greatness in leadership here.
Finally a con-SER-va-tive grows up.