By Tracy Dingmann I’ve written before about the many things there are to love about local newspapers – and about the functions I think readers want and need their daily newspaper to fulfill. Last Saturday I saw something that reminded me of a whole category that I’ve not written about before: Obituaries. Lots of people [...]
Entries from May 28th, 2010
Chasing Down The Libertarian Angles – Or Not
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Because both the Tea Party movement and the influence of libertarian economics are growing, the press is, in general, paying attention. Never more so than after Rand Paul, a libertarian with Tea Party backers, won the Kentucky Senatorial primary last week. That was certainly the case in the N.Y. Times and Washington [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·libertarians·Rand Paul·tea party
The Journal Has Little Room For Scolding on Gambling
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Regarding the Journal’s editorial today on the Compulsive Gambling Council titled, “N.M. Can’t Afford To Let This Inaction Ride:” The Journal tied its editorial to the story it published Saturday about Kathy Borrego of Jemez Springs, who killed herself two days before she was to be sentenced for stealing $3.4 million from [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·compulsive gambling·Jemez Mountain School District·Kathy Borrego
Cal Thomas Is A Laugh Riot
May 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Recently an editor friend asked me to write a humor column on politics. I declined because I’m lazy, but I’ve pondering the idea since. And what if I treated journalism that way? So…. The Albuquerque Journal published a Cal Thomas column Wednesday, May 19, wherein that stalwart of the religious right offers [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Apocalyptic scenes of fire death and damnation·Cal Thomas
The Journal's Position on the Arizona Immigration Law…Sort Of
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann I thought when I saw this Journal editorial Saturday (“CYFD, Governor Share Dangerous Border Policy”) that I noticed a hint of an actual editorial position from the Journal on the controversial Arizona immigration law. Until then, as I noted in a Journal Watch post on May 11, the paper had curiously not [...]
Tags:Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer·Arizona immigration law·Gov. Bill Richardson
Giving Big Play to Polls
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier If it weren’t for the glut of photos that accompanied it, one might have thought that governor’s race was over, judging from the literally over-the-top play a candidate-poll story received on the front page of this week’s Sunday Journal. Splayed across the entire top half of the front-page news hole – above [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Allen Weh·Diane Denish·Harvey Yates Jr.·Heath Haussamen·oil and gas
Journal Gives Half The Story In Health Care Reform Editorial
May 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Most people these days read more than just their daily local newspaper to get a full perspective on the news. But if there are still people out there who rely solely on the Albuquerque Journal to get their news and opinion, they’ll be left today with a one-dimensional take on the cost [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Congressional Budget Office·Ezra Klein·Megan McArdle
Momentous Cancer Report Is Buried
May 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier A week ago today, the Albuquerque Journal carried a story about a government report that was momentous in scope. But it was carried in a way that betrayed its importance. Its headline “New Cancer Strategy Called For,” was squeezed into a single column atop a story tucked in the bottom corner inside [...]
Tags:A Nation at Risk·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·American Cancer Society·American Lung Association·President's Cancer Panel
The Journal Can Take A Hint
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Could it be that the editors of the Albuquerque Journal have actually taken a suggestion from ABQJournalWatch.com? Maybe. Because today (May 13) there was a guest opinion piece about tax lightning on the paper’s editorial page written by Micha Gisser, professor emeritus of economics at the University of New Mexico and senior [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Albuquerque Tea Party·Micha Gisser·Paul Gessing·Rio Grande Foundation
