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A friend suggested that I get the inside dope on what was happening in Ridgewood by perusing the blogs. I was honestly shocked by the narrowmindedness of some of the posts – particularly with regard to the editorial standards of our local newspaper.
Hindsight shows that the reporter was doing his job – reporting – not passing judgment on what was being exchanged, just reporting what was taking place. Isn’t that what he was supposed to do? Remain objective? And didn’t the editor simply back up the editorial integrity of the newspaper by not yielding to public criticism and printing the news as news? Spare me the conspiracy theories, would ya!
Now as for the math controversy. Sure, I knew people were up in arms, and yes, I’ll admit that some of the protocols for teaching left me baffled, but I saw my kids NJASK and Terra Nova test scores and, well…can kids get higher than 99th percentile? Something must be going right in the school system.
No question that all the bloggers love Ridgewood and that discourse is healthy. But, informed and objective discourse is healthier still.
>Keith would write an article and then Susan would put her disgusting Ridgewood spin on it. How much can a reporter take? Could he then present such articles as samples of his writing? Any editor would choke at some of the stuff they’d be reading.
I’m sorry he had to have his training at the RN. But maybe he learnt an invaluable lesson. I wish him well.
>When is a newspaper not a newspaper?
When it’s trying to be the New York Times on steriods.
>Questioning the objectivity of the RN is like asking a con artist why he is considered an artist.
>I found someone who had something nice to say about the ridgewood news.
Not true, but I thought I’d say that to be contrarian. It’s boring if we all think alike. Too bad the RN gives us no options.
>Where are all the defenders of TRN?
Where are all the defenders of the TRN editor, Susan Sherrill?
Heads up North Jersey Media Group — do you see a pattern emerging here?
>I must say that the Borgs seem to have messed up big time with the Ridgewood News. I guess they are not a proud people.
>Maybe next time Keith will choose to work for an editor with integrity and at a newspaper that is of a higher caliber than the ridgewood news.
>just about any paper is of a higher caliber than our local paper
>That Midland Park newspaper, Ridgewood Villadom Times, is not only better than The Ridgewood News, it is free and mailed to the house.
>i know no one in my neighborhood who gets the ridgewood news.none of my friends read the ridgewood news.if you dont like the rn then dont buy it and dont subscribe to it.it will die a slow and painful death.
>Keep those donations coming into Valley Hospital folks because those huge ads they keep taking out in the Ridgewood News cost mucho money. I also wonder how much money Valley is dropping to have those professional air-brushed photos taken of Audrey Meyers. I’ve seen her and she does not look like that in person.
Good thing TRN has Valley Hospital as an advertiser.
>why in the hell do they even need an editor? if you cant get a good one then dont bother gettin one at all dangit
>Editors can make or break a newspaper. Susan Sherrill is a mean-spirited editor who can’t keep reporters on staff. It’s her way or the highway. She needs to take her thumb out of her mouth and grow up.
>Go screw up another paper Susan.
>lets take back our newspaper ridgewood
>Fugettabout the friggin ridgewood paper and its 2 bit editor. This blog is the place to be for breaking news.
>Susan Sherrill cannot hide behind her editor’s desk with all these bloggers exposing her misdeeds.
>Given your numbers in June and July PJ, I’d say more people read your blog than the Ridgewood News. Kudos to you.
>Ridgewood News is going the way of the dinosaurs.
>As far as I’m concerned Susan Sherrill and her caveman tactics can ride off into the sunset on her dinosaur.
>At least good ‘ole standby Kipp Clark can pinch hit while editor Sherill tries to recruit another reporter.
>PJ – maybe you should start a newspaper and put the RN out of business.
>talkin bout b-ball 8:16 how many strikes does susin sheril get before shes outta the game?
>In baseball three strikes and you’re out. In the game that the editor is playing at TRN, she gets 20-30 strikes…maybe more.
>the ones who lose in that game are the paper and those who read it.the winners are this blog and its bloggers.
>wow pj … 130 comments about the ridgewood news and susan sherrill … that must be some kind of record on your blog. looks like susan is getting a taste of her own medicine. if you mess with people, they’ll mess back with you.
>I would say that you people are all acting like a bunch of fifth-graders … but that would be insulting to fifth-graders!
Please grow up. You’re really sounding pathetic.
If anyone has ANY proof to back up the ridiculous claims they make on thes boards, I would love to see it. (But I won’t hold my breath).
>I know absolutely no one who thinks highly of Susan Sherrill. Well, that’s not completely true. I do know Susan and she does think highly of herself. It baffles me how she got this job in the first place and then how she has been able to hold onto it for all these years.
Anyone who goes through reporters as fast as she does should be held accountable. She is hurting The Ridgewood News and everyone knows it except for maybe the Borg Family. What a shame.
>Is criticizing someone because they happen to live in a different town than you even a little bit mature? I don’t think so.
>where you live roy?
>Why? Do you want to make fun of my town, too?
>Are you the editor of the TRN, roy, living in another town?
>Why did this post generate so many comments?
Pent up feelings within the public for a reviled news editor.
>My thinking is that until PJ’s blog came along there was no forum for TRN readers to vent their frustration. Calls to the editor and to the editor’s bosses are dismissed and no one is the wiser. Fortunately, Susan Sherrill and the North Jersey Media Group have no control over PJ and his blog — THANK GOD!
>From The Village Times: The Outlaw Journalist has a bone to pick with bloggers. Well, here is a blog entry that picks a bone with our “journalist”.
The first is as a journalist one would expect some fact checking and thought provoking questions to emanate from his article. Yet the man is upset that a thin skinned superintendent ran away from potentially his second battle with parents over a math program of which said superintendent is a published and ardent supporter. But those facts seem to be missing from the Outlaw Journalist.
The math program is not user friendly, the correct term is dumb dumb math. And user friendly to women and minorities as being a reason to install a math program across elementary schools and middle schools, is just plain wrong. Soft math or user-friendly math or dumb dumb math will keep ALL kids from reaching their potential. You can’t try to reach for what you are not being taught nor shown.
And further making the case for why many flee the newspapers for the Internet blogs and more is again, the journalistic depth of the papers. Those the Outlaw Journalist has referenced on the High School Math Team as shining stars are indeed examples of shining stars. What the Outlaw Journalist failed to mention, is that they are also NOT THE PRODUCTS of the user-friendly math. And because they do not resemble “Barbie and Ken”, is his implication one of stereotyping – it is not Caucasians, that are capable of success with the math prior to the new “user friendly”? How shameful to allude to such a thought.
The US math program is general needs help. And its more than more studying, how about more teaching and less facilitating and reflecting?
Blogs allow for anonymity. That is both a good thing and a bad thing, as with most things in life. Even with a print paper, the good is the assumption print paper is held to higher journalistic standards, the bad is that is not always the case. A case in point in our great republic of the people, by the people and for the people.
Blog on.
>i don’t know nuthin bout the editor of the ridgewood news but i do know that its a waste of my time to read it. i quit readin it 2 years ago cuz it was just stackin up in my home. i dont miss it.
>6:12 PM Did you have trouble sounding out the words when you read The Ridgewood News?
>Does anyone know if TRN reporter Keith Hamas left on his own or if he was canned? If he left on his own I hope he finds a great job at a reputable newspaper. If Susan Sherill canned him then shame on her.
>7:15 PM The Ridgewood News knows the answer to both those questions but they choose to remain silent.
>to 6:59pm u make fun of everone. screw u
>I would still love to know why so many people seem to hate people from neighboring towns. I’ll admit, I used to be that way, too.
But I was 12 then.
>I have never hated people from neighboring towns — not even when I was 12. I’m glad you grew up roy.