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News in Itself: Backlash Against Heritage Foundation Report Makes Journal’s Front Page

May 9th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Fact Check, immigration, Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier What, to a longtime reader, could have been more astonishing than finding in the Albuquerque Journal a news story containing criticism about the Heritage Foundation? Answer: Seeing that wire service story on the Journal’s front page – and then seeing the Journal follow it up with its own staff-generated report the next [...]

If Only It Was That Simple

April 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism

By Arthur Alpert Back in the 1990s, when I co-owned and edited Prime Time, a monthly for New Mexican seniors, I regularly spoke to civic and senior organizations on “How the News Get Shaped.” Having worked in print and broadcast news (network, local and cable) I saw how the journalism differed depending on technology, how [...]

There’s No Excuse for Journal’s One-sided Account of Hostess Liquidation

November 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · economy, Fact Check, financial coverage, journalism, labor, Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert This post begins as a tale of two headlines. It will end with an unfunny joke. The Albuquerque Journal headline on the Business Page Saturday, November 17, told us: “Workers’ Strike Proves Fatal to Hostess” The Wall Street Journal headline on the front page that same day read: “Twinkie Maker Hostess To [...]

Noticing Bright Teeth While Brushing Over Policy Gaps

November 26th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier After the vice presidential candidate debate, there was much ado in the press about Joe Biden’s rolling eyes and white teeth: Joe Biden did absolutely roll his eyes, snort, laugh derisively and throw his hands up in the air whenever (Paul) Ryan trotted out his little beady-eyed BS-isms. But he should have! [...]

Staying Sane in the Fact-Checking Lane

November 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier During the just-completed campaign cycle that seemed like it would never end, a nationally syndicated editorial cartoon appeared in the Albuquerque Journal depicting two googley-eyed fact-checkers, bound in straight-jackets, sitting in a padded cell. Even the most seasoned political reporters no doubt related to that cartoon image. For despite valiant effort, fact-checking [...]

Keeping the Record Straight

July 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism

By Arthur Alpert Here’s an addendum to my last post. The Albuquerque Journal waited a day but did publish Wednesday, July 18 the Washington Post’s analysis of the Heather Wilson-Martin Heinrich race for Senate. Well, most of it. The original piece was very long and Journal editors cut it. Having compared the original (on the [...]

The Journal Has Been Selective in its Coverage of "Fast and Furious"

July 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism

By Arthur Alpert The now infamous “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scheme certainly seems at best bone-headed, at worst criminal. Think about it. The Justice Department approved supplying some 2,000 weapons to Mexican drug cartels, hoping to follow them to higher-ups of the Sinaloa cartel. But managers of the sting lost track of the firearms. And [...]

It's Getting Hard to Keep Up

May 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism, tax policy, Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert So dedicated is the Albuquerque Journal to its mission of tailoring news coverage to its editorial agenda that I can’t keep up. I get to work, for example, on an essay comparing how our Journal treated JP Morgan Chase’s recent loss of billions with the Wall Street Journal’s coverage – and before I [...]

The ALEC Story: It's Everywhere but the Journal

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, tax policy, Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert I don’t think the Albuquerque Journal can shock me any more. Last time I was stunned was when the editors simply ignored the President’s so-called populist speech at Osawatomie, Kansas, the site of Teddy Roosevelt’s historic “New Nationalism” oration in 1910. I’ll admit it – the arrogance shook me. Lately, however, Journal [...]

With Apologies to David Brinkley

April 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, tax policy

By Arthur Alpert Here’s a pleasant thought – the Albuquerque Journal is an outlier, defined as “a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system.” Rarely, that is, does a newspaper deliberately manipulate the news to advance management’s editorial agenda. What’s more common is tolerance for mediocre or downright poor [...]

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