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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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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Posted 2:28 PM by Gene

We would like to do away with most political speeches -- they're bad before they even come from the mouth. But doing away with the State of the Union is a non-starter because it attracts a big TV audience, and for many this is the only chance to hear the president bloviate on public policy. Yes, the State of the Union has become a "political pep rally", and yes, we'd be happy to read it online, without the dramaturgy, but for better or worse it's the only commons the people have.

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