Entries Tagged as 'war and peace'

Follow-up: New Low in Pseudo-journalism, Misreporting the Iran Nuclear Deal

September 2nd, 2015 · 1 Comment · Fact Check, journalism, war and peace

By Arthur Alpert Last week, I demonstrated how the Albuquerque Journal is misreporting, egregiously so, the Administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, but warned you that “the True Believers have plumbed a new low in pseudo-journalism over the last few days.” The new low is the editors’ use of an Aug. 19 story from George Jahn […]

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Tools of Misapprehension

July 30th, 2015 · No Comments · health care reform, journalism, role of government, social safety net, war and peace

By Arthur Alpert That the Albuquerque Journal makes most news decisions politically is so obvious it’s become (borderline) boring. Yet the skill with which the editors wield their tools to produce the paper’s daily misapprehension of reality still fascinates me, as does the relentlessness of the effort. By tools, I mean headlines, where stories run, […]

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Cognitive Dissonance

April 4th, 2015 · No Comments · journalism, war and peace

By Arthur Alpert I was listening to KUNM Radio several Friday mornings ago when Philip Connors, who wrote the highly praised “Fire Season”, recalled for interviewer Stephen Spitz his days as a Wall Street Journal reporter. When terrorists hit the World Trade Center, Connors said, he read his own newspaper and suffered “cognitive dissonance.” What […]

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