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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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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Posted
9:26 AM
by Gene
It is easy to forget, in the absurdity of our democratic system, that the people running the show can actually behave as a plurality of the American people want them to behave, responsibly, protectively with more than a particular ideological, personal or professional advantage in mind. It is easy to forget that these men and women who dominate our newscasts are not as rotten as they seem. They just want desperately to win, and feel forced to play the role.For once, and for the first time in ages, our superiors may be almost as good as the people.
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