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| A front-page "ANALYSIS" in The Record today credits four officials and declares that NJ Transit bus commuters no longer face long lines and delays in returning home from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan, above. Now, will the Woodland Park daily finally take notice of the shortage of rush-hour seats on NJ Transit trains? |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
In The Record's front-page story on Governor Christie's weight loss, experts note a candidate needs "to look like the part they are running for."
But the story never explains why Record reporters covering Christie's campaign in 2009 and his inauguration completely ignored his weight and whether he was fit to serve.
That may be because after working side-by-side with at least two obese editors in the newsroom, the reporters covering Christie didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
And that continued for years as only the national media tried to find out how much Christie weighed, and late-night comedian David Letterman guessed the GOP bully had ballooned to 400 pounds.
See this Eye on The Record post from 2011:
Guess how much Christie weighs
Better or not?
A front-page story last Wednesday and another one today declare an end to long lines and afternoon rush-hour delays for NJ Transit bus riders leaving the midtown Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan (A-1).
But Jay Holahan of Teaneck says in a letter to the editor today:
"As a 25-year commuter, I don't recognize any immediate improvements ...." (A-13).
News or snooze?
Residents of Hackensack, Teaneck, Englewood and many other Bergen towns won't find anything about them in Local today.
The lead story in the section is a controversial proposal to replace Memorial Field in far-off Washington Township with artificial turf (L-1).
The local editors needed another Dean's List to fill their pages (L-2).
Poor food choices
Free-lancer Kate Morgan Jackson's list of a dozen "great food stores" for home cooks omits Whole Foods Market, Costco Wholesale and two of the best, Jerry's Gourmet & More and Balthazar Bakery, both in Englewood (BL-1).
Jackson appears unwilling to stray too far from her Upper Saddle River home.
On Wednesdays, the food blogger also supplies Better Living with unhealthy recipes, many filled with artery clogging cream and butter.
I read Maag's 1648 word front page report, "Crisis helped to improve Port Authority bus terminal" today.
ReplyDeleteIt was a very long report that continually touted that long lines of commuters and buses were practically eliminated.
However, there was not one damn word on exactly what was done to eliminate/curtail these long lines. You know, the type of information that qualified reporters are supposed to put in their reports.
Perhaps, the problem solving is all being done by magic and the PA does not want to give away its magic secrets.
There was also not one damn word on how long or short the commuter and bus lines and commuter waits were throughout the rush hours before and after this magic transformation. You know, the things that commuter readers and others would really, really, really be interested in knowing so they can then see for themselves if these results are really, really being achieved and maintained. You know, the type of information that qualified reporters are supposed to put in their reports.
The report lost most of its value without this expected key information.
Perhaps, this is the new reality and reporting. Officials and reporters claim a problem has been magically eliminated without telling anyone what was done to eliminate the problem and the results that support their claims.
Who knows, maybe the next front page article will be that global warming and climate change have been curtailed and greatly eliminated without mentioning how it was done or the results that support those claims.
The number of these unsubstantiated reported claims could be endless for The Record!
He mentioned some of the improvements in his Nov. 12 story, but you are right, this story deserved some background so it didn't sound like he was just jerking off Port Authority and NJ Transit officials.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the letter from commuter Jay Holahan of Teaneck basically discredits the Nov. 12 story.
Abuse of Process claim will be filed publicly against NJMG at the Bergen County Courthouse.
ReplyDeleteCould you elaborate?
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