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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GOOD RIDDANCE!
"He was someone who was very supportive of copyrights and artists' rights," said one music industry executive.
Foley also had another agenda: "He was very eager to get to all the parties," said this person.
Foley was a frequent guest at entertainment industry events. Two years ago at a pre-Grammy gathering honoring Sting in Los Angeles, the congressman was seated next to this columnist at a table hosted by music giant EMI. Over the course of the evening, Foley proceeded to get quite tipsy - and handed over his phone number along with an offer to fly me back to New York in a private jet. (For the record: The overture was rebuffed.)
This alone is an OUTSTANDING argument to oust the GOP -- if only the DEMS weren't slightly to the right of Karl Marx.