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| The Anderson Street Bridge to Teaneck was how many Hackensack residents reached the Cedar Lane business district, Holy Name Hospital and Englewood. On Wednesday, with the bridge closed for repairs, Cedar Lane seemed unusually quiet, suggesting that customers are staying away. Have you seen anything about that in The Record? |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
For the past decade, The Record of Woodland Park has emphasized marketing over journalism, as you can see in the paper's front-page motto:
"NORTH JERSEY'S TRUSTED SOURCE"
In fact, under Publisher Stephen A. Borg, The Record has shown time and again that its coverage of Governor Christie cannot be trusted.
Today, the Star-Ledger demanded Christie's final exit, echoing the earlier call of six other newspapers in the state.
An editorial notes the GOP bully "has made it abundantly clear that governing New Jersey is a distant second priority for him, far behind his personal ambitions."
"His craven endorsement of Donald Trump is only the final blow, the moment when he lost any last shred of credibility," the editorial states.
"His fullsome praise of Trump, after his stinging condemnations only a few weeks ago, is impossible to believe."
NJMG and Borgs
Of course, The Record hasn't joined the other prominent dailies in the state, because Editorial Page Editor Alfred P. Doblin continues to hem and haw, and equivocate over Christie's neglect of his duties, his endorsement of Trump and all of the unresolved problems in the Garden State.
Doblin's strings are likely pulled by the Borgs and their powerful North Jersey Media Group.
To call the editorial page editor a pussy is an insult to women.
The coverage of Christie by reporters and columnists continues to focus relentlessly on politics, so every story and opinion piece is little more than "Republicans said/Democrats said."
As of June 2015, The Star-Ledger's paid circulation was 213,890 daily and 289,882 on Sunday, largest in the state, according to the New Jersey Press Association.
As of December 2013, The Record's paid circulation was 139,904 daily and 167,278 on Sunday, according to the press organization.
As of June 2015, The Star-Ledger's paid circulation was 213,890 daily and 289,882 on Sunday, largest in the state, according to the New Jersey Press Association.
As of December 2013, The Record's paid circulation was 139,904 daily and 167,278 on Sunday, according to the press organization.
Today's paper
The front page and the rest of the paper continue to ignore the rising chorus of resignation calls on Christie from other dailies.
A Page 1 story by Dustin Racioppi, a former investigative reporter at the Asbury Park Press, carries this headline:
"Criticism of Christie takes
on a virtual life of its own"
His story doesn't mention any other newspaper, but Racioppi today tweeted to his followers about the Star-Ledger editorial and provided a link to it.
Liberals rejoice
Many readers are rejoicing over another Page 1 story:
"Staring down the prospect of nominating Donald Trump for president, Republicans spiraled into a chaotic, last ditch search Wednesday for a way to save the GOP from hitching its fortunes to an unpredictable celebrity candidate without alienating his throng of followers" (A-1).
Let's hope we are witnessing the self-destruction of Christie, the racist Republican Party and its radical Tea Party offshoot.
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