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| The Record's Jersey shore coverage -- usually one Memorial Day and one Labor Day story -- doesn't appeal to older readers, who have had their fill of skin cancer. |
If you're an older reader, the front page of The Record will leave you cold today -- dominated as it is with major stories on the family oriented Jersey shore and "a quiet makeover" at K-12 public schools.
But readers of all ages are wondering why two photos of incoming freshman at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan show girls violating the dress code -- this at orientation.
Are those two photos even appropriate to illustrate a story on improving math and language-arts skills (A-1 and A-8)?
What was the news copy editor thinking when he or she wrote the photo captions? Where was Production Editor Liz Houlton or the head of the photo?
The editors today deliver the obligatory, annual Labor Day story on how the shore economy is doing.
But this sun-splashed report and all of the previous stories fail to discuss just how expensive it is to own a home or even stay there for a week or two -- thanks to greedy property owners and real estate agents.
The value of shore homes didn't take a hit in the recession, unlike property in North Jersey, and you'd have to be as rich as the Borgs to afford a summer place there.
Another thin edition
There isn't much else in today's Labor Day edition of the Woodland Park daily:
Editorial Page Editor Alfred P. Doblin pulls out every Hollywood and non-Hollywood cliche in his column on Clint Eastwood's shameless performance last week at the Republican National Convention (A-11).
On the front of the Local news section, Mike Kelly loads his column on soil contamination with question upon question, and fails as usual to provide any answers or even any strong opinions about polluters (L-1).
On the front of Better Living, a story on two Bergen County chefs competing in the "Hell's Kitchen" finale on Fox TV doesn't explain why Bergen readers should care who wins (BL-1).
Restaurant Reviewer Elisa Ung should stop wasting her time writing breathless accounts about celebrity chefs, and spend more time helping readers find a decent place to eat in North Jersey's own hell's kitchen.
Also on the Better Living front, a story on the health benefits of potatoes lays an egg: why is there no mention of the incredible sweet potato?
Don't you know that sweet potatoes aren't potatoes? They're yams.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you add enough high fructose corn syrup to your mashed potatoes, they taste just as weet as yams anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you yam up. LOL.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Popeye say, "I yam what I yam, I'm Popeye the sailor man"?
ReplyDeleteWhats with the Barbara Struyk lawsuit with NJMG?
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