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* Most media about [[The American Revolution]] will reference New Jersey in some capacity. The state played a pivotal role in the war, being the host of some of its most famous battles. [[George Washington]]'s crossing of the Delaware River, immortalized by the famous painting, was the beginning of his attack on Trenton, and he made his winter camp at Morristown twice in the war. |
* Most media about [[The American Revolution]] will reference New Jersey in some capacity. The state played a pivotal role in the war, being the host of some of its most famous battles. [[George Washington]]'s crossing of the Delaware River, immortalized by the famous painting, was the beginning of his attack on Trenton, and he made his winter camp at Morristown twice in the war. |
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** New York and Philadelphia (two of the three largest cities in the colonies at the time, with Patriot hotbed Boston the other) are literally next to it, and control of New Jersey meant quick access to both. |
** New York and Philadelphia (two of the three largest cities in the colonies at the time, with Patriot hotbed Boston the other) are literally next to it, and control of New Jersey meant quick access to both. |
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* A few broadcast stations have ended up with New Jersey cities on their broadcast licences and station idents, even though they primarily serve [[New York City]]. [[PBS|WNET]] is a prime example; when it launched in the 1960s, the last of the seven available VHF TV spots available to the NYC area was WATV 13, an existing fourth-ranked independent station for which the Educational Broadcast Corporation paid millions. New Jersey's governor wasn't willing to give up the state's only VHF TV station, so the station identification remains as "Newark NJ" and the schedule includes 2.5 hours/wk of New Jersey-related public affairs programming. |
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* An Iranian journalist who was imprisoned following the 2009 election riots said that his jailer/interrogator was obsessed with New Jersey, which he saw as some sort of capitalist American paradise and was intensely jealous that the journalist had been there. Neither the journalist nor [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] could figure out the cause of that. |
* An Iranian journalist who was imprisoned following the 2009 election riots said that his jailer/interrogator was obsessed with New Jersey, which he saw as some sort of capitalist American paradise and was intensely jealous that the journalist had been there. Neither the journalist nor [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] could figure out the cause of that. |
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* Be Nice To New Jersey Week was July 4–10, 2010. |
* Be Nice To New Jersey Week was July 4–10, 2010. |
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