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| Aleppo, Syria, in June 1978. |
By Victor E. Sasson
Editor
Two seemingly unrelated stories in The Record today have one common element: South Paterson businessman Jimi Nouri.
On A-6, a 4-deck headline declares:
Neighborhood
in Paterson
was once home
to hijackers
It seems that more than 12 years ago, Nouri rented a one-bedroom apartment to two "Middle Eastern" men who turned out to be among the terrorists who flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nouri is quoted as saying he didn't know the men before they came to him, and he is identified further as "currently raising money to help Syrian children left orphaned by the civil war."
But readers aren't told about a second story on the fund-raising effort in another section of the paper.
Later, the A-6 story reports:
"One of the myths that spun out of 9/11 was that some Arabs in South Paterson were dancing in the streets after the planes hit the World Trade Center."
What's troubling about the story is the suggestion that all Arab-Americans in South Paterson are Muslim -- like the hijackers.
Readers aren't told Nouri is one of the many Syrian Christians whose families settled in Paterson to work in the silk mills in the early part of the 20th Century.
Readers can surmise that if they ever find a second story involving Nouri -- in another section of the paper (L-2):
Festival will raise
money to help
Syrian orphans
Clifton event to include food, music
Here, readers learn Jimi Nouri is president of Paterson's Aleppian Charity Society, whose 16 members mostly hail from Syria's largest city, Aleppo.
The charity, which dates to 1922, "now holds meetings and events at the Holy Face Monastery in Clifton," and its members come from three local churches, according to the story.
The two stories in separate sections of today's paper -- with no reference between them -- and the clumsy editing are typical of the sloppy work by head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes and Production Editor Liz Houlton, two lifers who earn six-figure salaries.
Readers can surmise that if they ever find a second story involving Nouri -- in another section of the paper (L-2):
Festival will raise
money to help
Syrian orphans
Clifton event to include food, music
Here, readers learn Jimi Nouri is president of Paterson's Aleppian Charity Society, whose 16 members mostly hail from Syria's largest city, Aleppo.
The charity, which dates to 1922, "now holds meetings and events at the Holy Face Monastery in Clifton," and its members come from three local churches, according to the story.
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| Balancing act in Aleppo, Syria, in June 1978. |
The two stories in separate sections of today's paper -- with no reference between them -- and the clumsy editing are typical of the sloppy work by head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes and Production Editor Liz Houlton, two lifers who earn six-figure salaries.
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