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It's been two weeks since The Record published a long profile in radicalism of Rep. Scott Garrett, one of the Republicans responsible for the gridlock in Washington.
But equal time must be a foreign concept to Editor Marty Gottlieb and Alan Finder, editor of the Signature section, which still hasn't published a profile of Garrett's challenger in the 5th District, Teaneck Deputy Mayor Adam Gussen.
Gussen, a Democrat, was quoted a few times in the long, flattering story about the Wantage Republican, but Finder ran three photos of the congressman and none of the challenger.
More sports news
Today, the cover of the Signature section is dominated by a long story on a football team at a high school apparently named after the Bosco chocolate drink.
Inside, you'll find a report on the Kosher Nosh, a Glen Rock deli whose "high-quality food" includes preservative- and antibiotic-filled hot dogs and mystery roast beef (SIG-4).
Crash editing
The flaw in the paper's transportation coverage is shown on A-3, where Staff Writer Karen Rouse covered a fatal dump-truck crash that closed the New Jersey Turnpike.
Head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes and her deputy, Dan Sforza, ignore such commuting problems as horrendous rush-hour traffic and overcrowded buses and trains to focus exclusively on the dramatic.
Editors don't care
Commuters probably have a lot to say about PATH fares going up 25 cents, and the 400 buses that are being rerouted daily between Hackensack and Teaneck, but The Record could care less.
Sykes and Sforza produced another Local section dominated by court stories, police news and accident photos.
Gee-whiz photography
Instead of reporting on the challenges facing older drivers and where they can get help, Sykes and Sforza continue to publish gee-whiz photos of accidents involving drivers in their 60s or above (L-1).
There is no Hackensack, Teaneck or Englewood municipal news today.
Zisa case lives on
But L-1 carries another story on the trial of two former police officers on charges they protected a suspect with ties to former Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa.
Surely, Staff Writer Kibret Markos could find something else to cover in one of the state's busiest courthouses.
Same paper, editors?
It's hard to understand how the same editors who turn out a lackluster local-news section day after day can score a bull's-eye with a special section, such as today's tab, Breast Cancer Awareness.
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