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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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Saturday, July 21, 2007

Posted 4:39 PM by Gene

Then again maybe we should liken the high arts to the NFL. The NBA's unfolding PR catastrophe reminds us that sports, too, are now largely a plaything of the rich. Take away the zillions from the Chevy Chase CEOs who browbeat their help with their luxury suites, take away the zillionaires who sit in total bordeom in the front row merely to be seen in hip snoozing, and what do you have? Certainly not fans. They gave up on some sports long ago, like $ELIGI$M, which wouldn't exist without its many superrich enclaves. The NHL is what the NBA could and should be -- a virtual league. The rich pour zillions into their athletic fetishism for no good reason. Despite their obvious joy in burning money they may not be able to do so forever. The NFL aside pro sports are on the descendant, and if this loutish ref helps accelerate the decline he will have served a useful function.

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