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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The creative team had 232 members. Nine of them were not Chinese.
Rehearsals began in September 2007.
Maybe that's why.
Heck even Al Reut can't quite get into the mood:
The Beijing Olympics ended with a flash of fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with SPORTING BRILLIANCE!!!!! and showcased the MIGHT!!!!! of modern day China.
The 16-day sporting extravaganza failed to quell criticism of China's human rights record.... [Overemphasis added]
Shucks, a fly in the wonton.
P. S. at 9:17 a.m. HE DID NOT.