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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And of course we can expect the hacks to play up the words RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST!!!!! (i.e., CONSERVATIVE). While never excusing anyone's politics we must remember both sides harbor psychos, and this was a psychopath more than anything.
We will probably not follow this story, as 1. It's a non-stop publicity reward for someone beneath the creatures beneath rocks, and 2. What's the point of upsetting yourself for no reason?
One question: We assume Norway has endless mindless cable "news". Who will be the Brian Williams of Norway? Or will he come from HERE as usual? Another reason not to watch cable "news".
Incidentally, modern medicine does seem to be trying to eliminate American psychopaths. Why is another matter. (Link via HENRY HONEST)