TRENTON, N.J. – Another media fail? Or is there more to the story?
Amid a wave of school districts announcing pre-Thanksgiving pivots back to all-remote learning, Adam Zagoria (a reporter for NJ.com and NYT) cited a source on Wednesday who says Governor Phil Murphy plans to shutter all New Jersey schools over the 2020 holiday season until shortly after Inauguration Day.
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Governor Murphy has repeatedly complained in recent days about a rise in cases state-wide and has also threatened new action in the near term, but Murphy Administration front office figures quickly took to social media and denied Zagoria’s tweet as a “false statement.” Zagoria appeared to subsequently take down his tweets (see below)…
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https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1326562364397858817
https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1326563114905726978
This is irresponsible journalism. If he has checked in with the Governor’s office for confirmation before blasting out this false statement, we could have avoided setting off an ill-informed panic (have received seven phone calls so far).
Delete this and do better next time. https://t.co/Msf9oRrfu6
— Daniel Bryan (@danieljohnbryan) November 11, 2020
False. Please don’t spread rumors like this – it benefits no one. https://t.co/yraUrlnSPJ
— Mahen Gunaratna (@GunaRockYa) November 11, 2020
