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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P. S. One more observation about his CEO groupi -- SPONSORS:
We've been hearing that all of his sponsors except Gatorade, which has to be thrilled with its good fortune for dropping his drink right before the car accident, are standing by their man. I wondered about this, so I got in touch with two of them: AT&T, which put its name on his golf bag and one of his tournaments; and Accenture, the "Go on. Be a Tiger" (cringe) people.
"Are you continuing your relationship with Tiger, and if so, why?" I e-mailed AT&T spokesman Michael Coe on Wednesday morning.
He wrote back 12 minutes later.
"We have no comment."
"Does Tiger have a morals clause in his contract with AT&T?" I followed up.
"We have no comment."
At least he acted as if he had heard of the guy. I called Accenture at 9:30 a.m. ET and left a message asking the same first question. I followed up with another call five hours later.
Their spokeswoman never called back.