tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post738488962777570357..comments2023-07-02T04:15:37.975-04:00Comments on Eye on The Record: Christie butts heads with state's high courtVictor E. Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-64713735572449980432011-04-26T11:34:59.181-04:002011-04-26T11:34:59.181-04:00Actually, that wouldn't be a bad idea.
The R...Actually, that wouldn't be a bad idea. <br /><br />The Record's reporter is usually doing his rounds or smoking outside the Main Street entrance.<br /><br />If he has something to write, you'd likely find him in the office at the end of the court day -- after 4 p.m.<br /><br />Any of the sheriff's officers could probably point him out to you, if you don't find him in the office.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-45896015762318175692011-04-26T11:00:39.964-04:002011-04-26T11:00:39.964-04:00Thanks Victor, So for example, if you have to go t...Thanks Victor, So for example, if you have to go to court and you want your story covered, are you saying the best approach is to stop off at the Courthouses pressroom to ask a reporter if they would like to cover there court apperance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-31631919697531898302011-04-25T11:58:44.702-04:002011-04-25T11:58:44.702-04:00Yes. Most state and federal courthouses have "...Yes. Most state and federal courthouses have "press rooms," where reporters from one or more newspapers have computers, phones and so forth.<br /><br />When I covered Superior Court in Paterson in the early 1980s, The Record had a small office in the law library, separate from the press room, which allowed me to file stories the other reporters didn't know about.<br /><br />In Hackensack, the press room is on the third floor of the Bergen County Courthouse, near the cafeteria, which is open to the public.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-63984131671948666742011-04-25T11:01:55.555-04:002011-04-25T11:01:55.555-04:00Mr.Sasson thanks for your response,you said that M...Mr.Sasson thanks for your response,you said that Mr. Markos has a office with other reporters at the court house? Where is it? Do other newspaper reporters use this office to report on courthouse news, do all County Courthouses have a office specificly for the media? Can you please explain in more detail.Thank You Victor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-47832211275644435482011-04-24T14:12:23.823-04:002011-04-24T14:12:23.823-04:00The latest Anonymous comment prompted me to call S...The latest Anonymous comment prompted me to call Simply Vietnamese. <br /><br />The man who answered the phone said the Fort Lee restaurant still is open, though that's unclear from the Simply Vietnamese Web site.<br /><br />Also I noticed that Chef-Owner Kt Tran writes her name that way, not K.T. Tran.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-89045050330219093472011-04-24T14:00:30.189-04:002011-04-24T14:00:30.189-04:00I've pretty much said everything I want on thi...I've pretty much said everything I want on this subject, but please feel free to send in as many comments as you want.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-84649006265889810792011-04-24T13:24:09.909-04:002011-04-24T13:24:09.909-04:00Why does she have to compare it to Simply Vietname...Why does she have to compare it to Simply Vietnamese? Is the answer, "Because it's the only other one I know about so it gives me something convenient to complain about." There's another Vietnamese restaurant in the same fricking town. Why not just have her compare it to that? Or are you saying she has to compare every restaurant to every comparable restaurant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-80239843478328617932011-04-23T13:12:12.770-04:002011-04-23T13:12:12.770-04:00Are you sure it was her pho place that closed?Are you sure it was her pho place that closed?Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-83146890067227428602011-04-23T12:54:57.984-04:002011-04-23T12:54:57.984-04:00Well, her Pho place closed in Ft. Lee awhile ago. ...Well, her Pho place closed in Ft. Lee awhile ago. Tenafly does have a lot of Koreans, but her places haven't been popular with them. I think her food is more for white folks. Like PF Chang's her food doesn't seem as authentic and seems more for the mainstream white American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-73691746907956906142011-04-23T12:33:12.456-04:002011-04-23T12:33:12.456-04:00To the Anonymous who thinks I would be a bitch to ...To the Anonymous who thinks I would be a bitch to work for, you're right.<br /><br />I don't go for dishonest or incomplete reporting. She should have at least mentioned K.T. Tran's restaurants, not make it sound like the place she was reviewing was a first or broke new ground in Bergen County.<br /><br />To the second Anonymous, I might have written that Kibret Markos works out of an office in the Bergen County Courthouse -- an office he shares with other members of the media.<br /><br />I can't imagine why The Record would sue the courts -- unless the newspaper was trying to get access to sealed files in a lawsuit. If that has happened, I don't know anything about it.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-71656132470358131712011-04-23T12:18:55.330-04:002011-04-23T12:18:55.330-04:00Mr Sasson I think you wrote an article if Im not m...Mr Sasson I think you wrote an article if Im not mistaken that the Record first had its offices at the courthouse address,can you explain that if to be true (The History). Also has the Record or the owners ever file a lawsuit against The Bergen County Court House? And what was the cases and the results. Thank You Mr.SassonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-70412989706993663362011-04-23T11:47:58.261-04:002011-04-23T11:47:58.261-04:00Man if that's really how you are you'd be ...Man if that's really how you are you'd be a bitch to work for. A review ad just be a review can it? A review of a restaurant at the Patersonarket has to include information about produce (and others I assume) prices. An ethnic restaurant now has to include comparisons to every other ethnic restaurant in the area (which probably means a lot mote trips). Reporters have enough trouble figuring out what editors want. I guess you'd fit right in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-32692460308821120402011-04-23T11:02:40.181-04:002011-04-23T11:02:40.181-04:00She gave the impression it is the only place.
Ber...She gave the impression it is the only place.<br /><br />Bergen people also travel to Fort Lee and Tenafly to get their Vietnamese fix, but she carefully omitted that.<br /><br />And why not tell readers how Mekong Grill stacks up against K.T. Tran's restaurants?Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-49317302265930213452011-04-23T09:27:44.807-04:002011-04-23T09:27:44.807-04:00I just read Elisa's review. She didn't say...I just read Elisa's review. She didn't say it was the only place to get Vietnamese food. She said Bergen people traveled to Spring Valley to get it. She's not wrong. Nothing gave me the impression there is only one place to get it.<br /><br />But you're just Victor being Victor. That's why we love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-6768375292241951072011-04-22T14:45:59.762-04:002011-04-22T14:45:59.762-04:00Another giveaway that she deliberately tried to ma...Another giveaway that she deliberately tried to make Mekong Grill sound like the only Vietnamese place in North Jersey is that the mini-reviews that run on the same page and the next page usually are related to the main review on Fridays in Better Living.<br /><br />If Ung does a Cuban place, there might be a mini-review of another Cuban place. But today, there is no mini-review of Simply Vietnamese or Mo' Pho, Tran's restaurants.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-29022586482171497472011-04-22T14:39:10.952-04:002011-04-22T14:39:10.952-04:00Her pho restaurant in Fort Lee is filled with Kore...Her pho restaurant in Fort Lee is filled with Korean customers. And there are plenty of Koreans living in Tenafly, where Simply Vietnamese opened. <br /><br />Maybe there are not that many Vietnamese living in North Jersey or they go to the city for their food.<br /><br />P.F. Chang's is a lot pricier.<br /><br />But Ung needs to be honest with her readers, not try to wow them with her "find."Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-78236116889516812362011-04-22T14:30:31.785-04:002011-04-22T14:30:31.785-04:00I'm not sure about Tran's restaurants. Se...I'm not sure about Tran's restaurants. Seems like whites love her food, but not Asians. Perhaps her joints are the Vietnamese PF Chang's of northern NJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com