Yesterday Star-Ledger Editorial Page Editor Tom Moran published a column entitled “Biden rejected Hudson County Prosecutor. Why Murphy Didn’t.”1 According to Moran, the indictment of Senator Robert Menendez states that Menendez recommended Hudson County prosecutor Esther Suarez to President Biden as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey because he believed that she would go easy on fraud charges against his co-defendant Fred Daibes. I won’t spoil the rest for you; the column is worth a read.2
It may not have been Moran’s intent, but the whole situation shows the critical importance of newspapers (and I mean print newspapers, not TV news and not even online newspapers) to inform the citizenry what its government is doing to it. The only way to fight political machines is to make sure that the people know what is going on.
While I’m certain that Moran would agree to the importance of newspapers, I am not convinced that he would admit they are doing a horrible job. They need to give us facts, not just spoon feed the opinions we ought to have.
Jay Bohn
October 8, 2023
- As usual, the online version has a slightly different title: “Biden rejected Hudson Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Here’s why Gov. Murphy didn’t.” (subscriber exclusive) ↩︎
- If you’re a subscriber of course. ↩︎