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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If THIS doesn't get all American broadcasters to pinch themselves and thank gods they're alive: The auto-insurance biz has granted them a permanent subsidy selling products most people don't know from Adam. Who's to blame? "Warren BUFFET" [SIC!], for making "funny" ads. Also the Web, for allegedly spawning competition. But you can always be sure when advertising kicks in -- it's gotten one money waster to burn some green on the proposed LA NFL taxpayer boondoggle...and:
There are no fewer than 11 major TV campaigns on air, running the risk of consumer confusion.
Plainly these morons are hoping people get so confused they can steal business -- and possibly steal it in ways other than mere advertising. We wouldn't try that, St. WARRENS -- your biz is REGULATED.