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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CNW Research analyst Art Spinella said that long-time Toyota owners consider the recall "a pretty major issue," but strongly believe in the brand.
"The vast majority will not abandon Toyotas because of the recalls," he said in a recent report. In a Feb. 10 CNW survey of new-car shoppers, 7% said they would not buy a Toyota product because of the recall. That was down from 18% who said the same thing immediately after it was announced in January.
This would seem to confirm my notion the company won't be hurt because it's not American. I'd have assumed that car buyers would have more sense. Look what's out on the road, however.