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Alex DeCroce is back on the front page again today -- nearly a week after he died in a State House bathroom.
The Record has published thousands of words about the life and death of the Republican state assemblyman from Morris County -- completely out of proportion to his prominence -- because he was one of Governor Christie's key allies.
But what The Record failed to report was what killed DeCroce on Monday night, and readers noticed the glaring omission in Tuesday's lavish front-page coverage and in a follow-up story on Friday.
Heart of the matter
Today, it takes a Page 1 funeral Mass story from The Daily Record, which once competed with The Record, to finally inform readers that DeCroce, 75, died of a "heart-related problem."
Abbott Koloff, The Daily Record's reporter, quotes the state police on the cause of death. Imagine that. A reporter called the state police to ask about a death in the State House.
This is Reporting 101.
Why didn't interim Editor Douglas Clancy and all of The Record's other editors and reporters think of that? And is it any surprise DeCroce's death is linked to heart disease?
The Record is so fixated on autism and so determined to ignore the problems of older people, its editors apparently are totally unaware of just how common heart problems are.
In fact, on A-4, a story reports former presidential candidate John Edwards has a serious heart condition.
Hand kissing at funeral
On A-6, the continuation of the DeCroce story, a photo of a chivalrous Christie shows that he definitely has the hots for the widow, BettyLou DeCroce, who may fill her husband's Assembly seat.
Page A-2 carries two more embarrassing corrections and a clarification.
Check out A-3 for an unflattering photo of Christie with Oprah Winfrey. He makes her look svelte.
In an interview scheduled to air Sunday, Oprah apparently fails to find out how much the GOP bully weighs or whether he has lost weight working out with a personal trainer.
Nor does the story mention whether Christie and the first lady, Mary Pat Christie, are doing anything about the epidemic of obesity in New Jersey.
Cops make news again
If you're looking for Hackensack municipal news, head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes' Local section disappoints once again today.
On L-1, Staff Writer Stephanie Akin has yet another account of legal problems in the Police Department -- a day after the story appeared in the weekly Hackensack Chronicle.
The section has lots of other news about the police as well as police and court news on every page but L-4, which is filled with death notices.
On the Better Living front, an article on the health benefits of tai chi lists only one class for beginners -- in Little Falls.
That may be close to the Woodland Park newsroom, but it's far from the majority of readers.
Note about really nothing...took note that John Brennan's LINKEDIN profile has him as "Senior Writer at The (Bergen) Record"
ReplyDeleteWasn't the brand supposed to be "The Record, Bergen County, NJ"?
Where is the Marketing Genius?
Senior Swelled Head is more like it.
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