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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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Sunday, December 02, 2007

Posted 5:53 PM by Gene

Muslims and Christians recently heaved mutual platitudes at one another, which we never take seriously as the oratory of religion has become the equivalent of an interfaith Hallmark card, designed to make the recipient feel good while saying nothing. If, as this author alleges, the Christian side is giving the store away, it is because most religious bureaucrats are nothing more than glorified social-service types with an especially oily manner. Whether the Muslims are prevaricating is not clear, given the Machiavelli at the root of Islamism, but perhaps their side is just demonstrating it can be every bit as good at rendering religious worship meaningless by making it a battle of who can be the wordiest.

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