By Denise Tessier At the risk of sounding insensitive about the bombings in Boston (which would not be true), I could not help but compare, from the outset, how that event was covered by both national media and the Albuquerque Journal to the way the West, Texas fertilizer explosion was played. Because the former was [...]
Entries Tagged as 'role of government'
The West, Texas Explosion: A Horrific Lesson on Lax Regulatory Oversight
April 29th, 2013 · No Comments · role of government, Uncategorized
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Amy Goodman·Boston Marathon bombings·CBS This Morning·Colleen Heild·Construction Industries Division·Denise Tessier·Diane Dimond·electrical inspections·fertilizer explosions·Gov. Rick Perry·James "Kelly" Hunt·Kevin Fleming·lax regulatory environment·Michio Kaku·nonexplosive fertilizer·oil and gas·Olivier Uyttebrouck·Rio Grande Foundation·Sandia National Laboratories·Texas Tribune·The Associated Press·Town of West·West Fertilizer Co.·Workers' Memorial Day
Journal’s Free Market Fantasies Out of Sync with Real World Reporting
April 13th, 2013 · 2 Comments · economy, journalism, role of government
By Arthur Alpert I’m sure you have noticed the excellent work of Journal business reporter Kevin Robinson-Avila. The guy has been writing intelligently and lucidly since his arrival last June, mostly about technology, energy and venture capital. He’s solidified my grasp on how the system works. And I should have written an appreciation earlier. That [...]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Kevin Robinson-Avila·laissez-faire·Sandia National Laboratories·Technology Ventures Corp.
Fossil Fuels Industry Coverage: No news if it’s bad news
April 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · economy, energy policy, environment, journalism, regulation, role of government
By Arthur Alpert Look for the Albuquerque Journal to run an Op Ed soon that extols the oil and gas industry for its outstanding safety record, in particular. How do I know this? I don’t. But the newspaper’s pattern makes it a sure thing. Where oil and gas are concerned, the editors consistently run opinion [...]
Tags:Alberta·Arthur Alpert·CARE·Exxon Mobil pipeline leak·fossil fuel industry·Kenneth Brown·Keystone XL Pipeline·Marita K. Noon·Mark Mathis·oil and gas industry·Parkers Prairie·Steven Mufson·tar sands oil
It’s “See No Evil” When Covering Big Business
March 21st, 2013 · 2 Comments · economy, labor, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert (March 19) I made one big mistake and one small one, but I am glad. In correcting them, I’ll enlarge on the argument of my last post – that the Albuquerque Journal exempts corporate America from serious scrutiny – and refine the corollary, that the Journal is dedicated to denigrating government. Last [...]
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Isn’t it time for a Foundation for Open Corporate America?
March 15th, 2013 · 1 Comment · economy, journalism, open government, role of government
By Arthur Alpert Consider this pregnant juxtaposition. It’s Sunshine Week and today, March 15, the Albuquerque Journal has omitted any report on JP Morgan dysfunction, totally ignoring what N.Y. Times editors deemed the top story of the day and what Washington Post editors considered essential, too. This is intentional and deliberate. Probably the Journal will [...]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Foundation for Open Government·Sunshine Week
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 [...]
Tags:Americans for Prosperity·Arthur Alpert·Center for Public Integrity·Charles Koch·climate change denial·Denise Tessier·Donors Capital Fund·Donors Trust·Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity·Heartland Instutute·Heritage Foundation·Jim DeMint·John Foster Dulles·Ken Silverstein·New Mexico Watchdo·Paul Abowd·Rio Grande Foundation·The New Republic·Thomas Cole·Voting Rights Act·Whitney Ball
A Revealing Prism
March 4th, 2013 · 2 Comments · economy, financial coverage, journalism, labor, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert The Albuquerque Journal’s editorials on national issues are educational. • They reveal management’s political stance. • They identify the prism through which management views news. • They augur which stories, opinions and ideas the newspaper will publish and which will earn token appearances or none at all. Case in point – the [...]
Tags:Alan Simpson·Arthur Alpert·Ben Bernanki·Erskine Bowles·George Will·Joseph Stiglitz·Paul Krugman·Simpson-Bowles
Fear and Loathing of ‘Agenda 21’
February 27th, 2013 · No Comments · environment, NM Legislature, role of government, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier A non-binding resolution, passed at a United Nations conference more than 20 years ago, is suddenly a “threat to homes (and the) property of our middle-class” in New Mexico. That’s according to the column, “Agenda 21 threat to homes, property of our middle-class,” which got the top spot on the Sunday Journal’s [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Agenda 21·Albuquerque Journal·American Policy Center·climate change·Denise Tessier·Glenn Beck·GOP Platform·Harriet Parke·John Birch Society·Koch brothers·Media Matters·Rep. Tom Anderson·salon.com·Sarah Cypher·sustainability·tea party·Tom DeWeese·United Nations Rio Declaration
Keeping the Minimum Wage Pot Boiling at the (Albuquerque) Journal of Opinion
February 16th, 2013 · 1 Comment · economy, journalism, labor, role of government, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert (Feb. 14, 2013) How can it be that the President wants to raise the federal minimum wage? Surely he’s aware that the Albuquerque Journal opposes it with every fiber of its being. I don’t mean editorially, although the paper has so editorialized. No, I mean the Journal is opposed in its (so-called) [...]
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Journal Helps Deliver Pervasive Misunderstandings About the Postal Service
February 11th, 2013 · 3 Comments · labor, role of government, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” could keep postal workers from their appointed rounds. But in August, those Saturday rounds could stop – and in a nutshell, Congress would be to blame. But don’t look to get that story from the Albuquerque Journal. On its Saturday editorial page, [...]
Tags:2006 Postal Service mandate·ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Denise Tessier·Jeff Berg·Rep. Steve Pearce·U.S. Postal Service
