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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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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Posted 1:57 PM by Gene

At times I feel like the only man on earth, and our cultural manias make the feeling worse. I don't own a cell phone, I don't text, I'm don't engage in social networking, I don't watch every last masterpiece recommended by newspaper ad-blurbists, and I don't play fantasy football. It won't do to explain that craze away as the mahjongg or bridge of our time, which surely isn't right, for socializing is only an incidental part of the obsession; more likely is that the NFL has drawn fans as our genius network entertainments have deflected them. Most people would rather slit their throats than go a whole day without television, and with most TV shows being so brilliantly predictable there's only a handful of choices, never mind that most NFL games are as unpredictable (and as exciting) as watching paint dry.

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