By Arthur Alpert I was not born ancient. First I was a child, an American boy of the New York City variety, caught up in the great debate of my times – was Mays, Mantle or Snider the best center fielder ever – and lesser but still crucial sports topics. So naturally, I tackled the […]
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How to Report Business News: The Pharmaceutical Industry
July 5th, 2016 · 2 Comments · business coverage, journalism, regulation, role of government
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Huffington Post·New York Times·pharmaceutical industry·Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America·PhRMA·Robert Pear·Steven Brill·The Miracle Industry Series
More Lessons in Public Interest Journalism: The Fiduciary Rule
April 19th, 2016 · 1 Comment · financial coverage, journalism, labor, regulation, role of government
By Arthur Alpert As I was saying last time, seeing “Spotlight”, the Oscar winning film about the Boston Globe’s exposé of widespread abuse of children in the local Archdiocese, reminded me that many newspapers set themselves the goal of serving the public interest. But what is the public interest? Well, a commonsense definition might be […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Department of Labor·fiduciary rule·government regulation·Jared Bernstein·Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez·Mary Gordon·New York Times·public interest·Spotlight
Lessons in Public Interest Journalism from “Spotlight” and “The Big Short”
April 14th, 2016 · 1 Comment · economy, financial coverage, journalism, regulation
By Arthur Alpert I’m so old I prefer to see movies in movie houses, so when the 2016 Oscar winner, “Spotlight” and one of its competitors, “The Big Short” finally arrived at the dollar theater (which isn’t a buck anymore), I caught both of them in one week. “The Big Short” sought to turn Michael […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Binyamin Appelbaum·Boston Globe·Michael Lewis·Neel Kashkari·New York Times·Spotlight·The Big Short·too big to fail
The ExxonMobil Global Warming Cover-Up Story: Its first Journal appearance portrays the oil giant as a victim
November 12th, 2015 · 2 Comments · climate change, energy policy, environment, journalism, regulation
By Arthur Alpert Darn that Albuquerque Journal. I was working on an essay aimed at giving you insight into the editors’ sad assumptions that underlie the daily’s journalistic failures. And what happens? The very same editors execute a simple but characteristic political maneuver that screams for my immediate attention and yours. They did so via […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Attorney General Eric Schneiderman·Big Oil·Big Tobacco·climate change·Climate Progress·cover-up·Emily Atkin·energy policy·ExxonMobil·fossil fuels·global warming·Guardian·Los Angeles Times·Peabody Coal·Robert Samuelson
Journal Lets Focus of Coverage Be Led by GOP
July 9th, 2015 · 3 Comments · climate change, energy policy, environment, labor, regulation, role of government, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier “Outside groups wrote sick leave bill” was the headline on the front page of the Albuquerque Journal Wednesday (July 8). Now, that’s a shocker. I’m sorry to say I’m resorting to sarcasm here. The Journal, which has yet to acknowledge – let alone publish anything of substance about the influence a truly […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque City Council·Albuquerque Journal·ALEC·Brad Winter·Carla Sonntag·Communication Workers of America·Dan McKay·Denise Tessier·Fair Workweek Act·Isaac Benton·Klarissa Peña·New Mexico Business Coalition·New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty·OLÉ·Rey Garduño
Some Brief Observations
March 24th, 2015 · No Comments · energy policy, environment, journalism, labor, NM Legislature, regulation
By Arthur Alpert I’m falling behind again, so here are a few, brief observations about the Albuquerque Journal’s daily alternative to journalism: • “Falsehoods and deception led to senator’s $50K payday” was the headline over Up Front columnist Thomas Cole’s excellent recapitulation of the Sen. Phil Griego story Sunday, March 22. Of course, it’s eight […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Dan Boyd·fracking·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hillary Clinton·NM Legislature·Peter St. Cyr·Rep. Steve Pearce·Sen. Phil Griego. Thom Cole·Sen. Ted Cruz·unemployment insurance
Editorial Board Plays Canard Game; UpFront Columnist Commits Act of Journalism
February 1st, 2015 · No Comments · economy, Fact Check, financial coverage, journalism, labor, NM Legislature, regulation, role of government, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I was poised to launch into another critique of the Albuquerque Journal’s continuing assault on truth and beauty when Winthrop Quigley intervened, committing what looks very much like journalism. Quigley wasn’t a spoiler, though; he just provided a sharp contrast between the Journal’s insistent political advocacy and what staffers like Quigley strive […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·community college·Community Reinvestment Act·Dan Boyd·Dean Baker·Fannie Mae·Freddie Mac·Right to Work·Winthrop Quigley
The Stories That Cannot Exist
January 17th, 2015 · 1 Comment · campaign finance reform, Congress, economy, financial coverage, health care reform, journalism, regulation
By Arthur Alpert All hail Nick Estes’ Op Ed column in the January 9 issue of the Albuquerque Journal. We won’t see its like for a long time. Under the rubric, “Yes, we DO know how to fix the economy”, Estes took syndicated columnist Robert Samuelson to task for writing the reverse. Estes explained: “The […]
Tags:ABQ Business First·ABQ Free Press·Arthur Alpert·Ben Protess·Big Pharma·Clement Atlee·Dodd-Frank·Jesse Eisinger·Joe Nocera·Jonathan Weisman·Medicare Part D·Nick Estes·Peter B. Bach·prescription drug prices·ProPublica·Right to Work·Robert E. Rubin·Robert Reich·Robert Samuelson·Social Security disability·Standard & Poors
Shining a Light on the Attacks on Solar Energy
January 9th, 2015 · 2 Comments · energy policy, environment, journalism, regulation
By Denise Tessier A year ago this month, I posted some of the 2014 new year’s goals for the powerful “bill mill” known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), one of which was to protect polluters and attack clean energy sources by metering and charging those who produce their own solar energy. A few […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·ALEC·Arizona Public Service·Denise Tessier·Kevin Goodreau·Kevin Robinson-Avila·PNM·Public Service Company of New Mexico·renewable energy credit·roof-top solar energy fees·utility rate increases