OT: Please Support nj.com
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i find 101.5 to be 10000000x worse as a media outlet when compared to nj.com. i can tune out ads on nj.com pages, i can click on articles that i'm interested in...101.5 is just 10 mins of blathering followed by 10 mins of commercials...5 min of traffic/weather...rinse and repeat.
I thought this thread was an April 1st post I had missed.
Pretty much covers it. :WideSmile:
I used to love the SL sports section back in the day. But, their constant beating of the state's university played, IMO, a significant part in keeping the sports programs under funded and directionally lost.
If they end up defunct, it will by their own hand.
If Moran and Manahan each made a video of them eating a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, I'd send $100...and that $100 would be dedicated to the Save Todderick Hunt and Pete Genovese's Jobs Fund.
Its become all click bait over the years. They need to do better to get any support. I used to go their first thing every day to get the local and national news, but its so sensationalized I rarely go there anymore even to read RU sports news. I went from 365 days a year to maybe 10 on my visits to that site
Better no news than fake news.
If this were the old Newark Evening News or Star Ledger than without doubt they would deserve some help. Real news and some noted REPORTERS... not only sports but news that isn’t sensationalized article after article. Different owners , different agendas for the most part. Able to have an agreement to disagree format. But most of these bloggers were taught after the year 1965. Liberalism at it’s finest.
Well not even including that part, the quality has gone down too.
There are no Jerry Izenbergs, Joe Calabreses, Dan Castellanos, Dave (Moss too) Kleins or even Tom Luccis anymore.
It’s just not as good anymore. Plain and simple.
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They are responsible for some serious PR damage to the university and athletic programs. They were attack dogs who made crap up to fit an agenda (gee they were actually ahead of their time).
How many people in NJ despise the school based on their published lies? Answer equals A FRIGGIN LOT!
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LOL. No. You haven't delivered quality journalism in 40 years.
There is already very little NJ news - it's all agenda driven propaganda.
The SL deserves all the respect and support they've showed Rutgers over the years. #ChickensBCominHomeToRoost
One of the best examples of the SL having an agenda was their support of Bob Menendez for re-election. The man has a long career of ethical lapses to say the least and they went after his opponent (Hugin) every chance they could. They finally endorsed Menendez, saying "choke it down and vote for him", despite having been sanctioned by the Senate for committing crimes. It's difficult to defend that paper as unbiased.
lol.....hope they plummet to the dark depths of despair.....lol
I'll never forget being banned from commenting on the Star Liar's RU boards.
It was deserved, but the circumstances made my calling an article yellow journalism.
It had used an anonymous source to say how the RU FB fans didn't want Rutgers Stadium expanded.
Only problem with that was the anonymous source was a poster called anonymous
and the article had what that troll posted word for word as from someone who knows what the fans want.
I called that out and boom went the hammer [roll]
It was deserved, but the circumstances made my calling an article yellow journalism.
It had used an anonymous source to say how the RU FB fans didn't want Rutgers Stadium expanded.
Only problem with that was the anonymous source was a poster called anonymous
and the article had what that troll posted word for word as from someone who knows what the fans want.
I called that out and boom went the hammer [roll]
Support nj.com? No thanks. I can think of many other causes more important then this.
If NJ.com wants to survive all they have to do is bring back the ability for people to comment. As we all know people love giving their opinions especially when they are under the cover of a keyboard.
I disagree. The ability to comment was met by Liar plants who would continually argue and mock Rutgers no matter what. It was all about getting people to come back and click more. People tired of it, I tired of it. In the end, it was mostly Liar staff on the boards and was pretty pitiful. That and Manahan being a complete douche put the nail in the coffin for me. On the boards, I would post and tell them they were digging their own grave by their negatively slanted articles and their plants on the boards. They made the paper and the forums not enjoyable. Although I enjoyed the morning paper in my hands, the overall decline of the product and pushing RU fans away made the decision to drop service much easier. And now they want us to support them? LOL!!
If it’s to keep Big Joe Henry employed...I wouldn’t put up a fight.
i like their traffic, weather and Big Joe Henry. And that’s it.
Loathe that “echo chamber” thing they have going on over there. Hate it.
I understand the antipathy based on past events.
However.
All successful NCAA programs need a media cheerleader. NJ.com is the best candidate. And, if we're being honest, they have been very strong advocates of the program since the Schiano hire, inclusive of the past basketball season.
Look at it another way. Mets fans are still Mets fans, in spite of the fact that the Wilpons own the team. Likewise, Yankees fans were, and are, Yankees fans in spite of the George Steinbrenner years.
NJ.com has had, and will continue to have, some bad actors. But a mature relationship requires recognizing the positive as well as the negative. I choose to remain hopeful that the athletic department will act responsibly, that NJ.com will manifest a reasonably fair editorial position and everyone will benefit.
However.
All successful NCAA programs need a media cheerleader. NJ.com is the best candidate. And, if we're being honest, they have been very strong advocates of the program since the Schiano hire, inclusive of the past basketball season.
Look at it another way. Mets fans are still Mets fans, in spite of the fact that the Wilpons own the team. Likewise, Yankees fans were, and are, Yankees fans in spite of the George Steinbrenner years.
NJ.com has had, and will continue to have, some bad actors. But a mature relationship requires recognizing the positive as well as the negative. I choose to remain hopeful that the athletic department will act responsibly, that NJ.com will manifest a reasonably fair editorial position and everyone will benefit.
But they all cover the big state stuff. Even the Philadelphia Inquirer covers NJ. The NY Post was one of the first to break the news that a ShopRite owner died. It won't be a big loss at all. In an effort to save the newspaper version years ago they became the Maurey Povich rag version to get new subscriptions. It failed miserably. Imagine if they just reported the news as facts not opinions and dedicated a daily section to what is right in NJ. That would crush! But they choose the wrong path.
I can get on board with this.
But as I said earlier, the talent across the board isn’t what it used to be. The Newark Star-Ledger was a big deal.
It could still be. We’ll see.
Those days are long gone and will never be seen again. NJ.com is garbage. Our best hope is for it to go under and have something new and reasonable emerge to fill the state news gap. The only time in recent history that NJ.com "helped" RU was the Schiano disaster. However, it was a unique circumstance when both the majority of fans/alumni and NJ.com all trashed RU's admin. It was the broken clock is right twice a day scenario. They trash RU every chance they get and will continue to do so.
The problem is that if the SL stopped publishing, I would barely notice. I read the NY Times and Wall Street Journal every day. I read the SL/NJ.com about 10 times per year in normal times. I actually read Patch more often than the SL.
If they wanted me to miss them and fight for their survival, then they should have made themselves indispensable. Being clickbait and muckraking doesn't make them indispensable.
Do what I do. Just listen on the weekends. Big Joe Henry is their money maker.
They have added news hour between 5am and 6am which is good. No talk no calls. Yes I'm up that early. Start work at 6am.
Who else besides the SL covers Rutgers sports? The NY Times, the Daily News, the NY Post, the Bergen Record, the Philadelphia Inguirer? NONE do. It is the only media outlet of any kind, print or broadcast, that routinely covers our football- basketball -wrestling etc programs. I get that A lot of folks hold a grudge over how badly they treated us in the past, and I emphasize 'past'. Time to move on and appreciate having the only media friend we've got, in our corner, imo.
Please Stop. It's an online game now. Anyone can cover Rutgers including Premium here! It's time for you to move on from printed media. They were not Rutgers friend. Stupid comment.
Oh well things
They are in our corner only until it’s not in their best interests... they also know the schools commitment is now “All In “ ...Before the people’s push for Schiano’s return there were still some articles which were not pro RU... Politi then did his best about face knowing it would be the prudent thing to do... send them $$$$- no thanks.
The bigger and more frequent the W, the more coverage. From everywhere.
It’s that simple. Win people care. Don’t win, don’t care.
That’s on Rutgers.
Before he died, the owner was SI Newhouse who went to Syracuse. He hated Rutgers an instilled that culture of hate which remained after he died. I remember when he personally wrote a piece about how Rutgers will never have big time sports.
There's no other state in the country that has it's flagship newspaper trying to bring down it's own flagship university. It has cost Rutgers dearly over the years in terms of fan support. No other state university in the country had to deal with such a problem.
They may survive or they may not, but it certainly won't be because Rutgers fans are rushing to help. If they do make it through this, I hope they get on board and start reporting facts instead of a negative spin on Rutgers as their number one priority.
There's no other state in the country that has it's flagship newspaper trying to bring down it's own flagship university. It has cost Rutgers dearly over the years in terms of fan support. No other state university in the country had to deal with such a problem.
They may survive or they may not, but it certainly won't be because Rutgers fans are rushing to help. If they do make it through this, I hope they get on board and start reporting facts instead of a negative spin on Rutgers as their number one priority.
I have no interest in listening to 101.5. There's a reason why I pay for SiriusXM. Commercial free music and the option to listen to any genre of music or talk radio.
There is great entertainment value to Big Joe Henry's show that goes beyond a sterile music channel.