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| Image by davef3138 via Flickr The Hackensack, Minn., Fire Department, above. North Jersey's Hackensack might as well be in Minnesota for all the coverage it gets since the The Record moved to Woodland Park. |
Governor Christie -- who seems beholden to conservative millionaires -- will be forever known for his mean-spirited budget cuts, such as reducing Medicaid spending by $75 million.
Page 1 of The Record today documents the screwing of vulnerable seniors in long-term care -- one of three long and winding process stories interim Editor Douglas Clancy hopes will upset readers.
Let them try to figure out the two other densely written exposes on public contract "errors" and private county security (A-1).
I read the long, poorly edited lead paragraph of the latter a few times, and I'm still not sure if I understand it.
Pity poor seniors
The Medicaid story is an example of how the Woodland Park daily's assignment desk covers senior citizens, reporting only the concerns of those who are in nursing and assisted-living homes.
What's the obituary of North Korean madman Kim Jong Il doing on the front page of a North Jersey paper, when expanded local obituaries are routinely buried in the back pages of the Local section?
The photo of a Bergen County police sergeant at Bergen Community College in Paramus really looks phony, especially because I never saw a county police officer in the months I attended classes there (A-8).
Little local news
The big Hackensack news in head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes' Local section affects only the handicapped -- a suit over accessibility at The Shops at Riverside and a nearby Hooters restaurant (L-1).
When is the last time The Record wrote about how Hackensack's Main Street is faring during the recession? Or Teaneck's Cedar Lane? Or Englewood's Palisade Avenue?
All in all, a pretty boring edition.
It's easy why Kim Jong Il made page 1...
ReplyDeleteDear Leader loves to read about Dear Leader.
Didn't you see the crying Clancy look-alike in Pyongyang today?
Actually, Kim Jong Il's passing is a major worldwide event, creating the potential for an invasion of South Korea if his unprepared kid of a successor feels the need to do something dramatic to secure his position. It deserves to be on Page 1.
ReplyDeleteIf the North invades the South, it will be for food.
ReplyDeleteAll the more reason to go with the story on Page 1. It would be pretty dangerous for the north to invade South Korea, which has the backing of the United Nations. Thus increasing the likelihood that North Korea would invade Edgewater and Leonia, with their numerous Korean groceries, ultimately overrunning the H Mart in Hackensack. You might want to alert Jerry D to this distinct possibility.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteThe H Mart is in Little Ferry.