Al Doblin burns the Torch

by: Scott Weingart

Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 09:57:34 AM EDT

The Record's Al Doblin hits back at Bob Torricelli after the disgraced former Senator took a cheap shot at the Record over at PolitickerNJ. Torch suggested that the Record was "dying" because it was too mean to him back in 2002.

Being lectured on meanness by the likes of Bob Torricelli is akin to Amy Winehouse leading a rehab retreat for substance abusers.

Zing! Was Torch seriously expecting us to forget about the time he threatened to emasculate a fellow senator?

Later in the piece, Doblin takes another jab at the hypocritical Torricelli:

You wrote: "I won't be shedding any tears for [The] Record. Bergen County will be a better place without it, but I regret what it did to itself. It didn't have to be."
It's an interesting reference, Bob, the crying and all that. As I recall, the only one who cried when you announced that you were leaving the Senate was you. So please save your tears, Bob. You need them for yourself.

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Al Doblin burns the Torch | 2 comments

well deserved (4.00 / 1)

by: vingopal @ Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 17:51:35 PM UTC

My Two Cents (0.00 / 0)

Cross posted from politicker.com

Bob Torricelli is Delusional On This One...
posted by Nick Lento
He's got it backwards.
The Record needs to increase the level and the quality of it's journalism. Not dumb it down to some 50's level of "Ozzie and Harriet" phantasy.
Bob really should have someone objective clear his writing before it gets posted here. The bits about the Record being "mean" (because it covered too much corruption) would have been embarrassing to him had he realized how nakededly delusional and self serving those comments were.
He still doesn't get it.
For a good discussion of The Record's transition and the general topic of Journalism/reporting check this out.
http://www.bluejersey.com/show...

by: Nick Lento @ Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 20:29:43 PM UTC