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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OH oh, the Dalai Lamas of Mountain View are not perfect:
"Investor optimism regarding YouTube was misplaced," said Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry. "Google is failing to do anything with YouTube."
This will happen when you pay $1.65 billion for cute pet tricks.
For its $1.65 billion, Google is getting a operation that had just $15 million in sales last year, according to Robert Peck, a Bear Stearns analyst who has a buy rating on Google. While the company hasn't confirmed that figure, in its 2006 annual report, Google described YouTube's contribution to its bottom line as "immaterial."
Because how many advertisers want to sponsor cute pet tricks?