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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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Friday, January 19, 2007

Posted 9:02 AM by Gene

When someone says something will happen, fate may apply the banana peel. Greg Sandow, an ArtsJournal.com blogger, has written three lengthy essays (thus far) on why classical music WILL die -- senescent audiences, nonexistent record buyers, etc., etc., -- and the commenters have been fighting back (politely and informedly) suggesting he is misguided. This is precisely how a blog should work -- with a writer making provocative statements, and an intelligent audience challenging his assertions. Unfortunately most discussions on the Web are merely a matter of who can make the biggest ass of himself.

(Link via Mr. Teachout's blog)

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