Image via WikipediaAfter picking two meaty stories for today's front page, the editors of The Record of Woodland Park took a desperate lunge toward sensationalism by leading with shark sightings at the Jersey Shore.
At least the paper recognized the importance of BP halting the flow of oil after 85 days, though that Page 1 story can't possibly make up for inconsistent coverage of the nation's biggest environmental disaster. And after months of beating up on teachers, Governor Christie is finally going after the inflated salaries of school superintendents.
Let's not forget he's giving a pass to millionaires like the Borgs, who have escaped a special tax, and has refused to raise the low gasoline tax to fix roads and improve mass transit.
Today's Local section is another weak effort by head Assignment Editor Deirdre "Mother Hen" Sykes and her assignment minions, with no Hackensack, Teaneck or Englewood news.
Copy editing continues to decline. An L-1 story contains the phrase "lack of enough crosswalks." A photo caption on L-7 says a woman is filling her shopping cart, but no cart is visible.
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