By Arthur Alpert It may not be much of a newspaper but – credit where credit is due – in its marketing of plutocracy, the Albuquerque Journal is single-minded. Today, Monday, Feb. 1, there’s Page One box headlined “Bad news for NM permanent funds”. It refers readers to a story in the Business Outlook section, […]
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Marketing Plutocracy
February 1st, 2016 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, Fact Check, financial coverage, journalism, social safety net, tax policy
What’s behind the Journal’s anti-Trump campaign?
October 2nd, 2015 · 2 Comments · Fact Check, journalism, Koch brothers, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert Most mornings, I read the Albuquerque Journal over breakfast, then turn to the computer to sample the Washington Post and NY Times. The Post’s news stories are all over the lot, leaving me with no clue as to what the Post’s editorials will say. The same is true of the NY Times; […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Bloomberg·Christopher Flavelle·Donald Trump·Jeff Horwitz·John McCormick·Scott Walker·Tim Jones
NM’s Corporate Tax Cuts: We’re not in Kansas yet, but it’s not for want of trying
July 8th, 2015 · 1 Comment · tax policy
By Arthur Alpert Following in Winthrop Quigley’s footsteps, Dan Boyd has written a fair, thoughtful essay on political economy. Albuquerque Journal editors published it as an UpFront column Monday, July 6, under the headline, “Are tax incentives working? Jury’s still out”. At the risk of looking a gift-horse in the mouth, we should read it […]
Tags:Alan Pyke·Arthur Alpert·corporate tax cuts·Dan Boyd·Gov. Sam Brownback·Kansas budget crisis·Max Ehrenfreund·Zachary Goldfarb
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 […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Bernalillo County Commission·Denise Tessier·marijuana decriminalization·Mayor Richard Berry·mental health services tax·non-binding ballot questions·red light cameras
Journal Still Promoting Voodoo Economics
October 6th, 2014 · 3 Comments · budget policy, Congress, economy, journalism, tax policy
By Denise Tessier Based on the latest figures from the U.S. Labor Department, USA Today (and other news outlets) reported over the weekend that September’s unemployment rate had dropped below 6 percent for the first time since 2008, when George W. Bush left in his wake a destroyed economy that saw losses of a million […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·corporate income tax rate·Denise Tessier·fiscal policy·International Monetary Fund·Kenneth Brown·Micha Gisser·Paul Gessing·Paul Krugman·Rep. Paul Ryan·Rio Grande Foundation·USA Today·voodoo economics
On Losing Tesla: Blame the Unions
September 19th, 2014 · 2 Comments · budget policy, economy, journalism, labor, tax policy
By Denise Tessier In the days since Tesla announced its decision to locate its $2 billion “mega” battery factory in Nevada, a number of stories have pondered New Mexico’s “loss.” In the ABQ Free Press, reporter Peter St. Cyr talked to politicians, business leaders and “free market advocates” and came up with a list of […]
Tags:ABQ Free Press·ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Denise Tessier·Gov. Susana Martinez·James Monteleone·Peter St. Cyr·Tesla·Winthrop Quigley
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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Gessing, Gisser and the Common Good
September 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert I’m involved in a production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” opening Sept. 5 at the brand-new Vortex on Carlisle NE. Given its authorship, it’s no big surprise the play is funny, but in rehearsal I realized Martin also excels at making audiences feel intelligent. My colleague, Denise Tessier, has […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Denise Tessier·Koch brothers·Lee Fang·Margaret Sullivan·Micha Gisser·oil industry·Paul Gessing·Rail Runner·Republic Report·Rio Grande Foundation·Spaceport·Steve Martin·tax policy·William Jewell
Gessing Kills Two Birds With One Stone in Letter Criticizing Gisser
August 27th, 2014 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, financial coverage, journalism, labor, tax policy
By Denise Tessier It’s safe to expect that when a column by economist Micha Gisser appears in the Albuquerque Journal, a letter of rebuttal or critique soon will follow. Gisser’s latest, in Business Outlook on Aug. 18, actually prompted two refutations. What was unexpected was that one of the two critiques Monday (Aug. 25) came […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Business Outlook·Charlie Moore·Denise Tessier·Ellen Marks·Gov. Bill Richardson·Gov. Susana Martinez·Micha Gisser·Paul Gessing·Rio Grande Foundation·William Jewell
An Inquiry into The Absence of Fact-Checking at The Journal
August 21st, 2014 · 4 Comments · energy policy, Fact Check, journalism, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert In a July 21 post hypothesizing that a True Believer or two in the Albuquerque Journal hierarchy may explain the newspaper’s egregious faults, I noted that the editors do not fact-check the columns they run on the editorial and Op Ed pages. Today let’s consider why. It could be ignorance; what management […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Cal Thomas·John Cassidy·Misha Gisser·Pete Domenici