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A continuing problem with The Record is too many news stories that read like advertisements.
Recall the recent pieces on a high-powered lawyer and a woman who sells private jets -- both do or did business with the Borg family.
Recall the recent pieces on a high-powered lawyer and a woman who sells private jets -- both do or did business with the Borg family.
Now, an advertisement trumps cowardly Editor Francis Scandale and his weak Trenton reporting staff -- claiming that Governor Christie's net worth totals more than $3 million and three of his top aides are themselves millionaires.
The ad -- paid for by the New Jersey teachers union -- takes up all of Page A-22 today:
CHRISTIE'S
MILLIONAIRES
Governor Christie cut our schools, women's health care
and our public safety to give a tax break to millionaires.
After Christie vetoed a tax surcharge on millionaires passed by Democrats last May, the Woodland Park daily has tried its hardest to ignore discussion of the the levy, which could generate close to $1 billion.
I'm still waiting for The Record to name the many millionaires who contribute to Christie's war chest.
Mine your own business
On Page 1 today, the centerpiece is a sleep-inducing takeout on abandoned mines in North Jersey. The unmapped mines in Hackensack must be why no reporter has covered news here in weeks.
Christie is superb at managing the news, as he does in refusing to say anything more about defying the state Supreme Court, if the justices order him to send more aid to public schools (A-1 and A-4).
GPS moment
On A-2 today, Better Living apologizes for giving an incorrect address for a store it promoted. You can't get any sloppier than that, Features Director Barbara Jager.
On A-4, a news story notes Newark airfares are the highest in the nation. I don't recall seeing anything about that from globe-trotting Travel Editor Jill Schensul, who is more worried about the welfare of animals in Africa than of readers who travel.
Solar plexus
Look at that huge L-1 story about an Upper Saddle River church installing solar panels on its roof. What's all the fuss? It's far from a first, but sadly, this is what passes for municipal news from Staff Writer Evonne Coutros and head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes.
Also on L-1, Columnist Charles Stile comes down hard on Christie -- for a change -- for savaging Associate Justice Barry Albin, who questions why the Raging Bull refuses to tax millionaires to help fund education.
Another L-1 story reports the hiring of a new city manager in Englewood, where the old manager did little to fill empty storefronts or integrate the elementary and middle schools.
Lying to readers
Publisher Stephen A. Borg crows about The Record "retaining circulation," without telling readers the figures cited include the Herald News, which is called an "edition" of the bigger paper (L-8).
