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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In a reversal from previous studies, the price of expanded basic was slightly more, and the increase slightly larger, in areas where the FCC had determined there was effective competition.
So much for that fairy tale.
"Most cable customers subscribe to digital cable and other services so they are enJOOOOOOOOOOOOYing a bundled discount plus have hundreds of channels and other interactive features to choose from!!!!! When you consider that total TV viewing continues to rise year after year, consumers are clearly demonstrating that they enJOOOOOOOOOOOOY their video service!!!!!" [Enjoyable overemphasis added]
TRANSLATION: We gouge 'em multiple ways.