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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1. Why should anyone trust his friends for product recommendations? Friends are likely to be as ill-informed as you -- especially if they get their recommendations from the same three sources. Finding basic product information can be a chore even on the Web, not merely for the conflicting advice but for absolutely certitude people shout it out with. Such is certainly the case with iPods. I've been lured by a bargain for a Sony MP3 player on Newegg and looked it up, only to find some people worship iPods and some desecrate them. There seems no reliable thought-out middle ground -- all the more reason not to trust mere friends.
2. It would be apt for The Puzzle Palace of Mountain View to finance the CURE; it would demonstrate for all time it's just ANOTHER BIGMEDIA COMPANY.