By Arthur Alpert Oh, the things you learn from reading the Albuquerque Journal! America’s eternal struggle with race is pretty much history. Did you know that? Truth be told, I didn’t. Not, that is, until I read the Journal’s headlines over the story of the recent commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma 50 […]
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Relegating The Civil Rights Struggle To The Past
March 16th, 2015 · 1 Comment · civil rights, journalism, voting rights
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Journal Editorial Alleging ‘Political Shenanigans’ Displays Partisanship of Its Own
October 25th, 2014 · 2 Comments · journalism, regulation, role of government, tax policy, voting rights
By Denise Tessier “. . .voters should be allowed to help settle the debate. . .” – 2011 Albuquerque Journal editorial, urging voters to support a ballot question regarding red light cameras The Albuquerque Journal showed a glaring inconsistency last week when it called on voters to reject two advisory questions – on whether marijuana […]
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Siding With the Rich and Powerful: The Journal’s Lack of Support for the Voice of the Citizenry
September 13th, 2014 · 1 Comment · campaign finance reform, Congress, inequality, tax policy, voting rights
By Denise Tessier Unlike the Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico Telegraph blogger Matt Reichbach saw the importance of one particular news story from Thursday. The first entry on his “Morning Word” list of stories from around the state today was this: • As expected, a Republican filibuster blocked the passage of a constitutional amendment to reverse […]
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More on Word Power, This Time Related to Perceived Sexism and Voter Fraud
April 16th, 2013 · 2 Comments · journalism, Uncategorized, voting rights
By Denise Tessier As a follow-up to the post on the importance of the Associated Press admonition against use of “illegals” in covering immigration, two further examples of powerful word choice by news organizations, both national and local, merit discussion. The first involves a national obituary and its poor choice in word-phrase placement, which has […]
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Island of Influence: Report Details Impact of Koch-funded Donors Trust in New Mexico
March 10th, 2013 · 2 Comments · environment, journalism, role of government, tax policy, voting rights
By Arthur Alpert Remember when Secretary of State John Foster Dulles refused to “recognize” China because he disapproved of its Communist government? A wedding of stupidity and arrogance was sufficient to wipe a colossus from the world atlas. The Albuquerque Journal’s inability to recognize the existence of a continent of the wealthy – where cash […]
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Another Major Voter Disenfranchisement Story Goes Unmentioned in the Journal
November 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · voting rights
By Arthur Alpert What’s most impressive about the Albuquerque Journal is its imperviousness to events. Elections, for example, may come and go, but we can depend upon the state’s largest daily to focus, without blinking, on promoting its editorial agenda through the paper – on its opinion pages and even the so-called news columns. Of […]
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It’s a Big Story Everywhere But in the Journal: The National Push to Restrict Voting Rights
October 22nd, 2012 · 4 Comments · journalism, voting rights
By Arthur Alpert It is a truth universally acknowledged that judging what’s news is art, not science. That was the consensus in every newsroom I’ve known – that honest journalists could differ on what’s a story and what’s not. And that was the mindset I brought to the task of reading the Albuquerque Journal closely […]
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Voter Fraud, Orwell and Chutzpah
September 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · journalism, voting rights
By Arthur Alpert What’s most amazing about the Albuquerque Journal is not its daily assault on journalistic decency. No, it’s the nerve – chutzpah, if you prefer – with which management crusades against fairness. Today, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, the editors published an Op Ed criticizing certain journalists for selling out and quoting George Orwell. […]
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On the ALEC Front: A Review – With an Eye Toward 2014
January 6th, 2014 · 1 Comment · campaign finance reform, Education, energy policy, environment, NM Legislature, regulation, tax policy, voting rights
By Denise Tessier In 2013, more light than previously before was shined on the secretive yet highly influential 40-year-old corporatist lobbying organization known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). That light came mostly from blogs, alternative media, journalist Bill Moyers and the British-owned Guardian newspaper, rather than by so-called “mainstream” news. The Albuquerque Journal […]
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