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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Videos Have Net Bursting at the Seams
Chicago Tribune
YouTube video clips that Internet users send to friends gobble up large chunks of bandwidth and may cause the Internet to crash, according to some telecom industry professionals. A recent report from Deloitte raises the possibility that Internet demand will exceed capacity this year.
Happily there may be a solution, as suggested in the post following:
YouTube to 'Lose Popularity' After Google Filters Content
San Jose Mercury News
Under pressure from media companies, Google plans to start filtering videos on YouTube for copyrighted materials, using technology from the firm Audible Magic. Google's move, however, is expected drive away much of YouTube's audience to non-filtered video-sharing sites.