By Denise Tessier After nearly a year’s hiatus from writing for ABQJournalWatch, I am compelled to add to the points my colleague Arthur Alpert made Tuesday in his post about the Journal’s anti-Planned Parenthood campaign. The impetus is Wednesday’s UpFront column – “100 years of fighting for reproductive rights”. At first, the front-page headline prompted […]
Entries Tagged as 'budget policy'
National vs. Local
February 15th, 2016 · 1 Comment · budget policy, Congress, Fact Check, journalism, Washington
By Arthur Alpert About a week go I bumped into a former Albuquerque Journal reporter who said – I paraphrase – we’re essentially on target in our critiques of the daily but I write too often on national and global stories, not enough about the daily’s local coverage. My reaction to the “on target” was […]
Tags:Andrew Taylor·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·cybersecurity·federal budget·food stamps·Jackie Calmes·Martin Crutsinger·Medicaid·Medicare·national debt·New York Times·Obama·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar·Social Security·Steven Mufson·Washington Post
Marketing Plutocracy
February 1st, 2016 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, Fact Check, financial coverage, journalism, social safety net, tax policy
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, […]
Standing Up for George Orwell, Citing Pete Domenici and Fact-checking The Fact-free Victor Davis Hanson
January 7th, 2015 · 2 Comments · budget policy, energy policy, Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Is a newspaper responsible for its syndicated columnists? For the columnists’ factual accuracy and intellectual honesty, I mean. It’s not an easy question. An answer in the affirmative puts a serious burden on editors. It’s time-consuming to read copy carefully and decide if it should be published as is, corrected or shelved. […]
Tags:American Energy Alliance·Arthur Alpert·energy policy·gas prices·George Orwell·Hoover Institute·Los Alamos National Laboratory·National Energy Technology Laboratory·oil industry·Pete Domenici·Sandia National Laboratory·the Bureau of Mines·Victor Davis Hanson
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
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 Unlikely (But Worthy) Journal Editorial Topic: Forgiveness of Student Loan Debt
August 1st, 2014 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, Education, journalism, tax policy
By Denise Tessier To follow up on yesterday’s post, student loan debt is another topic the Albuquerque Journal editorial board has dealt with incompletely. And it has squandered opportunities to advocate for action that might help put the state and nation on firmer economic ground. First, some background: While the Journal seems to have had […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Arthur Alpert·Buffett Rule·Campaign for America's Future·debt forgiveness·debt relief in Africa·Denise Tessier·filibuster reform·Hackensack Record·newspaper editorials·Parent Plus loans·senior citizen student loan debt·student debt loan relief·student loan debt·U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren·U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich·U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
Distorting the Dialogue on Debt
July 24th, 2014 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, journalism
By Arthur Alpert The Albuquerque Journal editorial on U.S. debt in the Wednesday, July 23, edition provides an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how management distorts the political dialogue. It was yet another Journal warning that unless we cut the debt soon and the US learns to “live within its means,” there’s an “impending fiscal calamity” […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·budget·CBO·Congressional Budget Office·Dean Baker·debt·Joseph Stiglitz·Koch brothers·Paul Krugman·Rio Grande Foundation
Austerity Pitch: AP laces news with opinion… again
February 5th, 2014 · 2 Comments · budget policy, economy, Fact Check, inequality, journalism, tax policy, Uncategorized, Washington
By Arthur Alpert This is a tale of two opinions. Winthrop Quigley of the Albuquerque Journal offered his in a recent UpFront column Thursday, Jan. 28, on inequality and higher minimum wages. I disagree with his conclusions, but so what? Quigley stated his premises and marshaled evidence (income inequality is real, extreme and bad for […]
Tags:Andrew Taylor·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·austerity·debt·government shutdown·inequality·Medicare·minimum wage·sequester·Social Security·Winthrop Quigley