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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[O]ne thing is clear: A newspaper company abandoned its employees and readers, for profit, not principle.
McClatchy leaves Minnesota's newspapers weakened and in the hands of companies with no local ties.
And with its departure, McClatchy is taking away important resources that a newspaper chain provides, resources that help each newspaper in the chain serve readers.
Wait a second, Nick: you guys were for local ownership when you thought that was good. You were especially for it when cookie-cutter companies like GanNETt threatened to gobble up the whole biz. Now you're suddenly against it. Make up your mind!
And to you, BLOGGERS, as we said before, we hope the NEW management is every bit as intransigent as the OLD.
(Via the usual Romy)