By Arthur Alpert It was a small item, really, a few slim paragraphs, on the Albuquerque Journal’s Business page Friday, April 25. Yet it spoke or rather shouted volumes about the newspaper. The headline read, “Libertarian author to talk at luncheon”. “The Rio Grande Foundation”, it read, “is hosting a luncheon talk with Matt Kibbe […]
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Cogs in the Koch Astroturf Machine
April 29th, 2014 · 2 Comments · energy policy, Fact Check, journalism
Tags:ALEC·American Petroleum Institute·Americans for Prosperity·AngryRenter·Arthur Alpert·C. Boyden Gray·Citizens for a Sound Economy·Dick Armey·FreedomWorks·Koch brothers·Matt Kibbe·Richard Stephenson·Rio Grande Foundation·Steve Forbes
Misdirection Play: What the Journal Didn’t Tell You About the Capital Research Center
April 24th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Fact Check, journalism, labor
By Arthur Alpert Albert Camus once pondered the idea, which I paraphrase, that in the last analysis, there are no villains, only victims. But only, he stressed, in that last analysis. I use the Camus insight for self- restraint. Instead of condemning a villain or cabal for outrageous behavior I try – not always successfully […]
Varying the Usual Recipe in Obamacare Coverage
February 14th, 2014 · No Comments · Fact Check, health care reform, journalism
By Arthur Alpert If you visit this site often, you know the Albuquerque Journal is less a newspaper than a restaurant where cooks follow several recipes in a daily effort to feed readers a diet of rightist advocacy. One favorite recipe begins with a ”news story,” often from the Associated Press Washington Bureau, that leans […]
Tags:ACA·Affordable Care Act·Andrew Taylor·Argus Hamilton·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Calvin Woodard·CBO·Congressional Budget Office·Dana Milbank·George Will·Jonah Goldberg·Kevin Robinson-Avila·Obamacare·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
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
In Cahoots with the Kochs
January 27th, 2014 · No Comments · campaign finance reform, Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I prefer short, common words, but the Koch brothers have earned “ubiquitous” by dint of their generous, energetic efforts to fund sundry conservative and Far Right political causes from seemingly inexhaustible pots of gold. At the Albuquerque Journal, however, the Kochs’ civic efforts don’t get them much ink. For a long time, […]
Tags:ALEC·American Legislative Exchange Council·Americans for Prosperity·Arthur Alpert·Center for Public Integrity·Charles and David Koch·Chris Moody·Daniel Garza·Koch brothers·Libre Initiative·Matea Gold·Progress Now New Mexico·Washington Post
More on Benghazi
May 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · Fact Check, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier As a follow-up to my “Benghazi, Benghazi!” post: After a week of wire stories related to last year’s attack on the U.S. outpost in Libya, the Albuquerque Journal on Wednesday (May 22) carried an Associated Press report that the FBI “has identified a number of individuals that it believes have information or […]
Tags:ABC News·ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Benghazi·Denise Tessier·Hillary Clinton·Jonathan Karl·State Department·The New York Times
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 […]
Tags:Amy Goodman·Arthur Alpert·Cal Thomas·Charles Krauthammer·E.J. Dionne·Eugene Robinson·George W. Bush·George Will·Jonah Goldbert·Robert Samuelson·Victor Davis Hanson
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 […]
Tags:Argus Hamilton·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·bankruptcy·Daily Kos·Frank Hurt·Hostess·Hostess Brands Inc.·Laura Clawson·New York Times·organized labor·Twinkies·unions·Wall Street Journal
