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March 20, 2010
Leading the Nets’ Cheers, for Everything but Victories
The New York Times
By Howard Beck
In order to avoid taking a critical look at the Atlantic Yards project, the Times will do just about anything. They even punished a reporter by forcing him to cover a Nets game and report on the Nets' master of ceremonies.
Marco G. is yelling, because he wants to, because he needs to and because if he stops, someone at the Izod Center just might fall asleep. You’re not supposed to sleep at a professional basketball game.
“Nets fans, it’s too quiet in here!” he bellows.
It is almost always too quiet in here.
The Nets are coming down the stretch of a fantastically awful season, playing in an obsolete, half-empty arena and doing little to warrant anyone’s support — let alone his lung capacity.
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The Nets have only nine games left in the Meadowlands before moving to Newark’s Prudential Center for two years and then, ultimately, to a new arena in Brooklyn. The basketball may or may not improve along the way.
NoLandGrab: The Times' coverage of the Atlantic Yards project is unlikely to improve.
Posted by steve at March 20, 2010 8:14 AM