Calling Out the Media -

This is from politickernj.com by Debbie Holtz. I dont know the true story behind Holtz but I think the issue is valid.


No Disclosure
By Debbie Holtz
Tags: Al Frank, Rick Perr



Quoting a source with an ax to grind or someone with future political ambitions often calls into question the credibility of the source.

So does quoting a legal expert on a partisan election issue without disclosing the fact that your source also moonlights as a ranking state party official.

That’s what the Star Ledger’s Al Frank did when he reported on last week’s state Supreme Court ruling concerning the Republican's challenge to Democrat Michael Luther’s claim to the Parsippany Mayoral seat. You remember – that’s the election where the ballots were cast over two years ago but the final tallies are still in dispute.

In this case, the facts of the story are not the issue.


It’s the fact that Frank’s expert election law source, Richard Perr, a professor at Rutgers Law School in Camden, is also the head of the Burlington County Democratic Party. But few readers would know – since the story didn't disclose that little detail.