New NJ.com RU beat writer
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Dunleavy was probably filling in until someone was found for the Rutgers beat. I thought Dunleavy did a good job.
Seems like they have always had 2 best writers for Giants..I’d assume Duggan is staying.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
I would say there is none in this case.
Technically, the Giants is a "bigger" beat, but I've gotten to know James and there's no doubt that he's always been a college football over pro football guy.
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Dunleavy was a good dude and covered RU with fairness and class imo
not going to say Kratch will be unbiased or not, but bet editor will slant his column a little ant-Rutgers no matter what he writes .
As for Dunleavy love, seem to remember a time or two he didn't deserve any.
But that could be my anti-Star Liar bias showing .
Don't trust Advanced Publications to be supportive of RU FB unless forced to.
I remember too many times they tried to turn the NJ public against RU FB by misinformation about what was happening.
It was so bad that Rutgers fans had to take out a newspaper ad to refute the misinformation the Ledger was putting out.
I think that that ad was put in a section hardly read , in which those paying for ad didn't expect it to be placed when they paid for ad.
Praise that rag and it's employees all you want, but until they prove fair and balanced ( in my opinion) don't expect me to agree .
As for Dunleavy love, seem to remember a time or two he didn't deserve any.
But that could be my anti-Star Liar bias showing .
Don't trust Advanced Publications to be supportive of RU FB unless forced to.
I remember too many times they tried to turn the NJ public against RU FB by misinformation about what was happening.
It was so bad that Rutgers fans had to take out a newspaper ad to refute the misinformation the Ledger was putting out.
I think that that ad was put in a section hardly read , in which those paying for ad didn't expect it to be placed when they paid for ad.
Praise that rag and it's employees all you want, but until they prove fair and balanced ( in my opinion) don't expect me to agree .
I think Kratch deserves a clean slate. The editors, and for that matter headline writers, are another story.
I think those are opening salaries. (I remember in 1971 a rookie reporter on the Sacramento Bee would make $141 a week; shows you how times have changed). Experienced journalists do better, especially if they are with a paper more well-known that the S-L.
They get other perks that most professions don't. For example, they get to walk around with their press cards in the hatbands of their fedoras and get to be called, "Scoop."
And let's not forget the fun of tipping over banks of telephone booths!
Ahhh, true. It's too bad that we don't have telephone booths anymore. To make up for it, Ash should only grant access if they agree to begin all Twitter posts with, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"
And none of this fancy, schmancy word processing nonsense: manual typewriters all the way!
To be fair though, haven't the NJ.com writers been pretty fair to us lately? I don't remember a single article this past two years that I felt was too off base. I know Politi tried to make the swim coach "scandal" a thing, but aside from that even he's been relatively reasonable.
James Kratch has a January 14 article/video (2:06) up recapping the John McNulty OC hire if anyone is interested:
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...john_mcnulty_hire_makes_sense_for_rutger.html
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...john_mcnulty_hire_makes_sense_for_rutger.html
It seems the only “government accountability” is for Rutgers. This is the most corrupt state and these rags just look the other way.
