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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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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Posted 9:53 AM by Gene

We think we have a solution to the digital-rights mess, and it may not be a palatable one: no DRM in exchange for permanent copyright. We loathe the notion of permanent copyright because it makes our intellectual-property fiefdoms even more impenetrable; but it's clear creators are losing money to stealing, how much we may never know, but the permanent copyright may make up for some of the losses. As a compromise our media betters could donate some of their wealth toward making older properties available for free or very low cost with no penalties, and to try to make our culture better beyond the onanistic confines of the burgeoning public-shoe-box-in-the-closet Web outlets.

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