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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General Warranty Services, a Salem, N.H., firm that sells extended warranties to cover car repairs, is close to announcing that it will open a call center in Detroit’s central business district.
A person familiar with talks between the company and city and state officials said the call center could employ 1,000 workers within a year and more in later years.... [Second and third grafs]
The extended-warranty industry has come under considerable criticism from consumer watchdog groups who said the industry is guilty of high-pressure sales tactics and failure to pay claims.
The Better Business Bureau gives General Warranty Services its lowest grade of “F” due to consumer complaints about unwanted sales calls and other issues. [Seventh and eighth grafs]