Oh New Jersey . Why do you do his to me? Sabrina and I always joke about the website NJ.com. For those that do not know about it is the website powered by the Star Ledger (by far the biggest paper in New Jersey ) and every other fledgling/dying newspaper in the state. Basically it acts as a one stop shop for everything Garden State . The jokes we make about it often revolve around how the site never seems to have enough content to sustain as a true - highly trafficked news source. Some days a headline will read "Major Drug Bust in Newark nets Gang Members" but then an hour later the main headline will read "Hey Jerseyans- Send us you shore pics!" Huh?! How am I supposed to take this site seriously? Send us pictures of yourself to put up? This isn't Facebook people. It is supposed to be a reputable site for news. I thought about this today as a I perused the front page (yes I still read it religiously mostly looking to see if my town is mentioned in any mafia related arrests ) . At the bottom is a section titled "New Jersey Living." Here is a sample of links to click on. Tell me which one seems a bit odd. Fashion, Shopping, Home and Garden, Travel, Springsteen. ??!! There is a whole link for a person. Here are some sample headlines one can enjoy when clicking the link:
"Bruce writes a song for new movie"
"Saturday's Milwaukee setlist"
"No Bruce at the Democratic National Convention"
All of these headlines are just from the last two weeks and believe me there are many more.
I am beside myself. Amazingly enough this is par for the course when it comes to NJ.com. Sabrina and I will also joke that when their webmasters are in doubt the front page will give us some random news about the Boss (or if they are really hard up a quick note about Bon Jovi although he runs a distant, distant second).
As if New Jersey did not have enough stereotypes with the Turnpike, Parkway, mafia, pollution, etc we need NJ.com perpetuating them. That being said when you are ready to buy a home here let me know. What a great place to live!
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