Stupid Headline of the Week

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New Jersey as seen from the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.

Although the editors at The Record of Woodland Park gave Governor Christie nearly the entire front page on Thursday, the main headline inadvertently cheapened everything he had to say:

Christie's two cents

From dictionary.com:

two cents

–noun

1. something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.

—Idiom

2. two cents worth, an opinion, usually unsolicited and unwelcome: Who asked you to add your two cents worth?

And the subhead on the bill for the Hudson River rail tunnels he killed was inaccurate:

"Refuses to pay $271M ... without fight" 

He said the state disputes the federal's government's "math" and will not pay "a nickle more than we think we have to." That's far from saying he refuses to pay the bill.

Taken together, the two heads qualify for "Stupid Headline of the Week."

But overall, the story and photos are some of the best public relations the governor has ever gotten -- all from the fawning editors on The Record's Editorial Board.

And the Borgs call this a newspaper?