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If you search today's Page 1 photos of Black Friday shoppers, you won't see any crowds or any pushing or shoving for all those so-called bargains the editors have been trying to sell for the past few days.
Maybe Black Friday was a bust -- as residents ravaged by Superstorm Sandy sought distraction at the movies or just stayed home and enjoyed the warmth of having their family around them, with the lights and heat on and plenty of fresh food in the refrigerator.
The Record's front page has earned a reputation in the last several years of being available to the highest bidder, as readers know from all those expensive ads wrapped around Page 1.
Horse manure
If sending photographers to the mall is a waste of time and talent, how do you explain the photo of steel girders on the front of today's Local section, which carries a breathless update on grandstand construction at The Meadowlands Racetrack for a small minority of gambling addicts (L-1).
Below that is a photo of a minor accident in the parking lot of a Paramus mall that feeds into the negative stereotype of Asian drivers (L-1).
Fender benders
I've lost count of all the minor accidents Record staffers have photographed in recent years as the assignment editors, Deirdre Sykes and Dan Sforza, reduced them to the role of ambulance chasers.
What happened to the enterprise photos that showed off the photographers' talents while providing a glimpse into North Jersey's suburban lifestyle?
Sandy at the shore
And why were there so few photographs of Sandy's havoc on the Jersey shore?
Did Publisher Stephen A. Borg put the kabosh on hiring a helicopter for one of those double-page photo spreads that would have captured the widespread damage?
Did Borg need the money to meet his mortgage and tax payments on that $3.65 million McMansion he bought several years ago with money from North Jersey Media Group?
The purchase came only a few months before Borg -- in 2008 -- got rid of Rich Gigli, the paper's longtime photography director, and said sayonara to four of the best photographers on the staff.
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Maybe there were no photos of the Spring Lakes beach in NJ after Sandy cause the Borgs own two ocean front homes there. No raises for NJMG,time to put money into the beach homes.
ReplyDeleteThey own the paper 100% and can do what they wish with their money. If anyone does not like it, they can quit and go to the Star Ledger.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who does not like the content and go buy that Ledger.
Free country. Free enterprise.
No need to switch to the Star-Ledger. The Record has carried two pages or more of Star-Ledger stories for years, many of them focused on areas outside of Bergen and Passaic counties.
ReplyDeleteYes they own the newspaper 100% and Mac Borg spends the money that the local community gives him on his sexual harassment case that he lost against a hard working NJMG employee. That money could have went to employees or a good charity,anyone who buys NJMG products supports a sex offender, this is a fact documented at the Bergen County Courthouse. Victor and your Post to the civil litigation to this comment.The only real reporter that covered Mac Borgs sexual harassment litigation is a former gutsy employee named Victor Sasson.
ReplyDeleteWo is the sex offender Victor supports by buying The Record?
ReplyDeleteMac Borg was sued by former NJMG employee Tracey Mc Cain for sexual harassment and Borg was found guilty and NJMG lost the case.
ReplyDeleteThat's not completely accurate. It was a lawsuit so there is no guilt involved. Mac could have been found liable for damages, but he and NJMG settled and didn't admit any wrongdoing.
ReplyDeleteThe plaintiff alleged Mac distributed pornography to her boss and other managers, and knew she would see it because it was her job to read all of the e-mails sent to her boss.
He admited in his deposition that he sent Tracey Mc Cain pornography via email. He harassed Mc Cain with sexual material. Money is only paid for wrong doing.Hes Guilty. You can twist it anyway you would like. Its not the first or last time the Borgs personally were sued for sexual harassment.
ReplyDeleteHow would you know he admitted in a deposition he sent Tracey McCain "pornography via e-mail," in view of how any deposition would have never been made public as part of a settlement. Are you one of the layers involved? Every thing else you say is suspect.
ReplyDeleteLawyers, not "layers."
ReplyDeleteSuspect? Why did you write about Mac Borgs sexual harassment lawsuit and not write about Jennifer Borgs sexual harassment lawsuit? You afraid shes going to sue you?
ReplyDeleteIf you know so much, why not share it, including the case number assigned to the lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteDid you recieve the case number?
DeleteYes. Everything you sent me checked out. Stay tuned.
DeleteIs there a story coming here?
DeleteEventually. Bureaucracy moves slowly.
ReplyDeleteWhat or who are you having trouble with Mr. Sasson?
DeleteI'm not at liberty to discuss iit n this forum. Your patience will be rewarded, I hope.
ReplyDeleteHave no fear Mr. Sasson. You Just wrote "I'm not at liberty to discuss." Remember, its Liberty and Justice for all. Good luck!
DeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteIn response to another suggestion I got on how to access the lawsuit, the case has been archived and isn't available through njcourtsonline.com.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean your giving up your investigating reporting because it is archived?
DeleteAll archived cases can be looked up by the public if they have the case number.Cases can be viewed and copied on microfilm in Trenton at the Richard Hughs Complex.
DeleteOf course not, but it will take longer -- much longer.
ReplyDeleteI was told it is no longer open to the public.
ReplyDeletePlease stop with the suggestions. Everything has to be done by mail, even media inquiries, I was told on more than one occasion, and the process can take six weeks. They will send up to 100 pages of copies for free.
ReplyDeleteAlot of the information was available a few months ago online on NJ Courts, now there are only 2 of about 8 computer print out pages to review. Notice there giving no information. Like it just never happened.
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