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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My family and I have been fortunate to benefit from the world's appetite for American entertainment, as my husband's television shows air countless times around the world every day, every hour. Among our country's largest exports are film, television, music and other entertainment.
Maybe it's time for our creative and marketing minds to get involved in capturing hearts and minds, and not just pocketbooks. The political marketers keep selling us more stories about wars, vetoes, attorney generals and enemies. We saw the failed partisan efforts to "market" our country early in the war. It's time for a new campaign.
Yeah, [C]RAP, horror movies, the whole nine yards. Excellent idea. Candy, please go back to calculating your earnings on Charlie's Angels.
(Via MediaBistro)