EyesOnImprovement OP t1_jad7xdv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:28 PM

Reply to comment by Nuplex in Editorial: Did Covid Money Pay for the Mayor's Parisian Junket? by EyesOnImprovement

It's not an article, it's an editorial and it didn't start with or contain the words "big if true", my post did and i stand by it.
You can't have a secret 8-strong junket to Paris, refuse to say who paid for it and then get upset when there's speculation.

pigdog12 t1_jadum9n wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:52 PM

This is not an editorial, this is yellow journalism at it's finest.

Editorials are for opinions, not tabloid style gotchas. Putting "Editorial" as the title lead-in does not make it so

Nuplex t1_jada3q4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM

It doesn't literally start with big if true, I meant that this starting paragraph in the editorial:

> The Jersey City Times has received an unconfirmed report that this week’s secret mayoral junket to Paris was paid for with federal Covid money. It could be just a rumor, although the source insists that it is reliable.

Is basically saying "big if true".

And editorial or not it should disclose sources and stick to facts. I agree that trips taken by public officials on official business should have everything disclosed. But this isn't disclosing anything, it's just speculation based off a rumor. Where you know... as a newspaper they could actually look deeper into it and report back real information.

EyesOnImprovement OP t1_jadfrbx wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:19 PM

I agree, but I'm willing to overlook it for now in the absence of any real journalism and I'd like to discuss it further.
If it turns out to be true that Fulop's group travelled to Paris using Covid funds then it's an absolutely monumental gift to his gubernatorial opponents and a potential campaign killer. There's only so many people who care about developer money, but everybody suffered during Covid.

Do you think this is worth discussing or should we wait for the latest cryptic discharge to emerge from the puckered sphincter of Kimberley Wallace-Scalcione's pencil thin lips?