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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Professional college football sometimes gets what it deserves.
The firing came on New Year's Eve to avoid having Mason's contract roll over to another season. Mason earns his base salary of $1,987,344 and a 90-day notice's worth of supplemental income ($229,500), plus $1.4 million in already-earned deferred compensation.
On Nov. 30, men's basketball coach Dan Monson was fired, costing the University $1.3 million in a buyout.
I would say the Gophers should learn from their experience, but this being HYER EHDYUKAYSHUN it is highly unlikely anyone will learn anything.
The YOUNUHVERSEHTEE's president's name, by the way, is Bruininks -- if it matters.
(Via ASSPress)