Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Selling out for Thanksgiving

Westbound New Jersey Route 4 in Paramus, New J...Image via Wikipedia
Route 4 west in Paramus will look like this when Black Friday shopping starts.


The major story on Page 1 of The Record of Woodland Park seems to have commercial tie-ins that put advertisers first over readers.

Are the opening hours of Paramus stores on Black Friday really A-1 news or is the former Hackensack daily hoping to cash in big on retail ads?


Far more people will benefit from the tough anti-bullying bill passed by the Legislature (bottom of A-1) or the extension of the No. 7 subway line, which was endorsed by Governor Christie (A-8), but those stories are downplayed by Editor Francis Scandale, who surrenders once again to the business side of journalism.

Sports betting leads head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes' Local section.

Hackensack reporter Monsy Alvarado filed two police stories from there and a third from Wayne. There is no Englewood or Teaneck news today. 

In the Better Living story on what Pilgrims might have eaten at their first harvest meal, let's hope "venison courtesy of D'Artagnan Inc." doesn't mean the meat was supplied free in return for a plug.


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