Bad media day for NJ

by: Jason Springer

Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 04:15:00 PM EST

Yesterday wasn't a banner day for the way people view our state. First, we had Spike TV put out a new ad which didn't paint Newark in the most favorable light:

A radio promo for Spike TV's upcoming documentary series on drug enforcement in Newark has been spiked after Senate President Richard J. Codey voiced outrage over the commercial's depiction of the city.
The promotion for the new season of "DEA," scheduled to air next week, characterized Newark as "one of America's most dangerous cities," and asserted that "after 9/11 New York's ports shut down, severing the lucrative drug supply, so dealers moved across the river to Newark."
"As of right now, all the ads have been pulled until the new ads are swapped in," said Debra Fazio-Rutt, spokeswoman for Spike TV. "Yes, we heard from officials in Newark and the DEA, the mayor's office, and we are modifying our ad."

Then apparently, there was a smell in NYC and our fair state got the blame for that as well. Here are a a few headlines we saw on that one:

New York Times: In New York City, an Aromatic Mystery Solved
New York Daily News: What's that smell? Mayor Bloomberg reveals source of mystery stench: Food-additive plant in N.J.
New York Post: IT'S NEW JERSEY'S FAULT!
The Record: Smelly mystery solved

And the Wall Street Journal Law blog gave this flattering review:

Ever since the landfill on Staten Island closed, who in New York doesn't look to the Garden State when it comes to bad smells?

Lovely. You'd think that with everything else they blame us for, they wouldn't mind the sweet smell of syrup. Maybe SpikeTV will run ads about the smell when they replace the original ones that insulted Newark.

Jason Springer :: Bad media day for NJ

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Menendez on Cspan now - good media (0.00 / 0)

Senate Banking Committee TARP oversignt hearing - Menendez is asking really good questions and emphasizing the importance of using money for jobs and small business loans. That is some good publicity for NJ.

by: proud2Bliberal @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 21:42:00 PM UTC