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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Coker, who said he had been offered at least two head-coaching jobs during his UM tenure but never pursued them because he was happy at Miami, will be paid a buyout approaching $3 million. He is expected to coach again.
Shalala also said she has directed Sergio M. Gonzalez, UM's vice president for advancement and communication, to begin a six-month fund-raising campaign "to secure commitments from our supporters/donors to finance competitive coaching contracts and build and renovate first-class facilities and programs for our first-class coaches and student athletes...."
TRANSLATION: They want an arms race, they'll GET an arms race!
Shalala concluded by writing, "Finally, I want to make it clear that no celebration is in order today...."
Tell that to your celebrating supporters/donors.