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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TRANSLATION: News hacks are really applying the microscope to showbiz coverage to see how they can milk more profits out of it -- and they've decided the way to go is by turning every last inch of the space into advertising. We expect doggie doo from The Mogul's Friend but he's really outdone himself.
WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF GIFTED YOUNGER FILMMAKERS WHO ARE ALL CLEARLY AT HOME MAKING MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT WITHOUT SMOOTHING AWAY ALL THE SHARP EDGES AND WHO CAN OFTEN PROVIDE SUBVERSIVE INSPIRATION!!!!!!!!!!
FURTHER TRANSLATION: He rewrote this ten times to get the approval of the Politburo.