Not all newspapers are lying, ugly rags
 

"The Newark City Council has awarded the Newark Weekly News a $100,000 no-bid contract to publish positive news about the city," reports the Associated Press:

Howard Scott, who owns Newark Weekly News, pitched the idea to the city council, which unanimously approved the idea earlier this month.

"Do we have critical reporters on staff? No. Do we have investigative reporters? No," Scott said. "Our niche is the good stuff. People have come to know it, and they love it."

In that case, we aren't talking about a news organization here. It's a house organ for the city. Supported by the same.

By the way, what is the topic of this thread supposed to mean?

It is implied that the general media is controlled by the commie wing of the Democratic Party.

So instead of a lying, ugly rag (because they say bad things about people hoosier likes) this one will be... um how shall I say it... a Fluff Rag.

So the newspaper is officially the city's Ministry of Truth? That's wonderful.

I imagine there are going to be some crooked goings-on in that city hall that because of this deal will never be known to the people that pay the taxes. Sad.

If he wanted to do something like that, Mr. Scott should have gotten into public relations, not reporting.

That whole city is a shame to America.

Its political leaders should be jailed and its structures razed.

-Rudey

Is this the only paper in Newark? If not, why the heck doesn't someone set up shop to actually publish stories critical of government. My guess is that the Newark city council members aren't paragons of morality and righteousness.

Your last sentence is an understatement. I recommend watching the documentary Street Fight. It's impressive how you can run a city like a dictatorships and have the cops attack your opponents.

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Sharpe James, is a very controversial figure. In 2002 he made, as mayor of a medium sized city, $213,000 a year, a salary higher than any governor in the nation. He allows other Newark public officials to be similarly overcompensated. In 1997, James' chief of staff was convicted of bribery and his police chief was convicted of embezzlement.

James also presides over a government that collects less than 85 percent of the tax money owed it, and a city that has higher crime and infant mortality rates than other similar cities in New Jersey. In the 1990s, a good decade for American cities, Newark still lost 20 percent of its tax base.

2002 was James' only close election. He was challenged by Cory Booker, a Central Ward councilman and former Stanford football star and Rhodes Scholar. Booker ran on a platform of focusing on the city away from downtown, community policing, and expanding after school programs.

The contentious election was chronicled in the PBS documentary, "Street Fight"

Sharpe James ran on a platform of emphasizing his experience relative to the youthful Booker. His slogan was "the real deal". Unofficially, James ran on a platform of emphasizing his blackness and role in the civil rights struggle. James said, "[He] acts like us, talks like us, but is not us," and "You have to learn to be an African American, and we don't have time to train you."

James also privately said that Booker was "controlled by the Jews" and was a "faggot."

James won the 2002 election with 53 percent of the vote. Since then he has pursued an expensive arena for the Devils. He has also sought to punish groups that supported Booker. He has denied applications for the New Community Corporation to receive federal funds.

-Rudey

Wow; that's absolutely outrageous.

I had never heard any of that before; I may have to check out that documentary. The whole thing sounds like something out of a movie.

The documentary is tremendous. I'd highly recommend it.

And beleive Me, not all News Prints are that large of a readership!

But as in KC Ks. the smallest Paper gets the contract to publish delinquent tax notices.

"The Call", is a Black Published Paper that I carried one time in My Store but had to quit as not enough sales. Yes I do have a goodly amount of Blacks as customers.

The other small Paper did not get it as they would be or could be vocal about some of the things that the Locals Pols did!

If there is a Hurray Paper extolling the good that a City does, there will be a big dailey who will be right there!

"Great, now we're in Newark of all places. You know we're gonna get shot."
-Kumar

That sounds like a cute idea!


A weekly newspaper that only prints good news? I doubt that's their only paper, silly GCers! ;)

They're going to spend $100,000 on something that might not work? They should've spent that money on a PR firm. They'll do a better job.