Does The Sopranos accurately reflect the New Jersey mob?

In past seasons, I enjoyed the group of psychoanalysts who commented on each week’s episode. Now it’s “Mob Experts on The Sopranos, a group of crime reporters. On the latest episode:

“Can The Sopranos get any darker without turning the lights out completely? This Peter Bogdanovich-directed episode was as unremittingly depressing as anything on television (and mainstream film, for that matter). Six Feet Under seems like Three’s Company by comparison. David Chase is giving us nothing to grab hold of: For some reason, I found Carmela’s father’s silence in the face of his daughter’s despair to be one of the bleakest moments of all.” —Slate

Is anybody watching this? What do you think?