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Inside the Massacre at the Newark Star-Ledger, The Paper That Makes Chris Christie Squirm

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New Jersey’s biggest paper gets gutted—right when local reporters are most needed in Newark and Trenton.

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Outside The Star-Ledger’s offices in Newark, N.J., on Thursday afternoon, a man in his late fifties took a drag of his cigarette. Asked if he worked at the paper, he sighed, “I’ll find out in about 15 minutes if I still do.”

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